La vita agra is a 1964 Italian film by director Carlo Lizzani, based on Luciano Bianciardi's novel of the same name.
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Directed by | Carlo Lizzani |
Written by | Sergio Amidei Luciano Vincenzoni Carlo Lizzani Luciano Bianciardi |
Produced by | E. Nino Krisman |
Starring | Ugo Tognazzi Giovanna Ralli Nino Krisman Enzo Jannacci Giampiero Albertini Rossana Martini Elio Crovetto |
Cinematography | Erico Menczer |
Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[1]
Cast
edit- Ugo Tognazzi as Luciano Bianchi
- Giovanna Ralli as Anna
- Nino Krisman as The Chairman
- Giampiero Albertini as Libero
- Rossana Martini as Mara
- Elio Crovetto as Carlone
- Enzo Jannacci as The Ballad Singer
- Paola Dapino as Iolanda
- Pippo Starnazza as The Librarian
- Maria Pia Arcangeli as The Publishing House Manager
- Augusto Bonardi as The Propagandist
- Antonio Bruno as The Police Superintendent
- Pupo De Luca as Don Torneri, the Priest
Luciano Bianciardi, author of the novel, appeared in a small cameo.
References
edit- ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to La vita agra.
- La vita agra at IMDb
- La vita agra at AllMovie