Alfredo, Alfredo
1972 film
- Dustin Hoffman
- Stefania Sandrelli
- Carla Gravina
Paramount (US)
Release dates
- 4 August 1972 (1972-08-04) (Italy)
- 17 December 1973 (1973-12-17) (US)
Running time
98 min (US)
Alfredo, Alfredo is a 1972 Italian award-winning comedy film co-written and directed by Pietro Germi.
Plot
The film, told mostly in flashback, tells the story of a timid bank clerk living in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, who finds himself swept into dating and marrying a possessive woman, the stress he endures as her behavior in their marriage becomes increasingly domineering, and the obstacles he faces in leaving her for a more amenable woman, in a time when divorce was still illegal in Italy.
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman (dubbed by Ferruccio Amendola): Alfredo Sbisà
- Stefania Sandrelli (dubbed by Manuela Andrei): Maria Rosa Cavarani
- Carla Gravina: Carolina Bettini
- Duilio Del Prete: Oreste
- Saro Urzì: Father of Mariarosa
- Emanuela Fallini [it]:the shaman
- Danika La Loggia [it]: Mother of Maria Rosa
- Clara Colosimo: Mother of Carolina
- Gino Baghetti [it]: Father of Alfredo
- Vittorio Duse (dubbed by Sergio Graziani): judge
- Mario Frera [it] (dubbed by Michele Gammino): assistant of the judge
- Renzo Marignano: doctor
Production
The film was completely shot in Ascoli Piceno, Italy.
Awards
- Golden Globe nominee: Best Foreign Language Film
- David di Donatello: Best Film
- U.S. National Board of Review nominee: Best Foreign Language Film[1]
References
- ^ "1973 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017.
External links
- Alfredo, Alfredo at IMDb
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Pietro Germi filmography
- The Testimony (1946)
- Lost Youth (1947)
- In the Name of the Law (1949)
- Path of Hope (1950)
- Four Ways Out (1951)
- The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
- Mademoiselle Gobete (1952)
- Jealousy (1953)
- Mid-Century Loves (segment "Guerra 1915—18", 1954)
- The Railroad Man (1956)
- A Man of Straw (1958)
- The Facts of Murder (1959)
- Divorce Italian Style (1961)
- Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
- L'immorale (1967)
- Serafino (1968)
- A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970)
- Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
- The Ten Commandments (1945)
- Against the Law (1950)
- My Friends (1975)
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