''My Father's Private Secretary'' () is a 1976

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directed by

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and starring

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and Renzo Montagnani.

Plot

Cast

as Luisa * Renzo Montagnani as Armando Ponziani * Stefano Patrizi as Franco Ponziani * Anita Strindberg as Ingrid * Aldo Massasso as Dottor Mingozzi *

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as Domestica *

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as Olivia *

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as Ersilia Ponziani *

Enzo Cannavale Vincenzo "Enzo" Cannavale (5 April 1928 – 18 March 2011) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1949, including ''Cinema Paradiso'', which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academ ...

as Giuseppe *

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as Oscar

Production

The film is a loose remake of

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film ''

The Private Secretary ''The Private Secretary'' is an 1883 farce in three acts, by Charles Hawtrey (actor born 1858), Charles Hawtrey. The play, adapted from a German original, depicts the vicissitudes of a mild young clergyman, innocently caught up in the machinatio ...

''.

Release

The film was released in Italian cinemas by

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on 26 December 1976.

Reception

In Italy, the film was a hit, grossing over 800 million

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. ''

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'' film critic Giovanna Grassi described it as a pochade filled with stereotypes, which "depicts women as prostitutes, nymphomaniacs, or sleazy social climbers, and degrades the Italian man to a macchietta aricatureof his worst flaws".

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:My Fathers Private Secretary 1976 films Commedia sexy all'italiana Films directed by Mariano Laurenti 1970s sex comedy films Films scored by Gianni Ferrio 1976 comedy films 1970s Italian films Films about adultery in Italy