''It's Love That's Ruining Me'' (Italian: ''È l'amor che mi rovina'') is a 1951 Italian

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. Shooting took place in

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and at the ski resort of

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in the

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. It earned around 137 million

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at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.137

Synopsis

Walter, a

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in a

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who is far from sporty, falls in love with the

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Clara. In order to try and woo her he follows Clara to a

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where he gets mixed up with network of foreign

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trying to smuggle a stolen

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out of the country.

Cast

as Walter Palaccioni *

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as Clara Montesi *

as Carlo *

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as Capo delle spie * Jackie Frost as Olga Voronowska *

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as Proprietario Negozio

References

Bibliography

* Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979. * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

* 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films Films scored by Mario Nascimbene Italian comedy films 1951 comedy films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Soldati 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub