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Secret Fantasy
Secret Fantasy
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Secret Fantasy

Original Title: Il merlo maschio

1971
1h 50m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1971

Runtime

1h 50m

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Storyline

Niccolò Vivaldi is a cello player and he plays in Arena di Verona Orchestra. But he is not the first and neither the second cello. He is frustrated. Nobody can remember his face, nor his name. Niccolò is married to Costanza, who is really beautiful and he takes some pictures of her naked. Later he shows the pictures to a friend and so he feels better. He starts to write a comic opera called "Il merlo maschio" only to discover later he had written Rossini's "La gazza ladra". To maintain his self-esteem he can only show his wife...

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 50m
Sep 22, 1971
Languages
Italian
Director
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Production
Clesi Cinematografica
Clesi Cinematografica
Production Countries
Italy

Top Cast

21 Cast Members

Lando Buzzanca

Lando Buzzanca

Niccolo Vivaldi

Laura Antonelli

Laura Antonelli

Costanza Vivaldi

Lino Toffolo

Lino Toffolo

Cavalmoretti

Ferruccio De Ceresa

Ferruccio De Ceresa

The psychanalyst

Gianrico Tedeschi

Gianrico Tedeschi

Orchestra conductor

Elsa Vazzoler

Elsa Vazzoler

Costanza's mother

Gino Cavalieri

Gino Cavalieri

Costanza's father

Felicita Fanny

Whore

Edda Ferronao

Edda Ferronao

Costanza's relative

Corrado Olmi

Corrado Olmi

Violin teacher

Aldo Puglisi

Aldo Puglisi

Chemist

Luciano Bianciardi

Mazzacurati

Adolfo Belletti

Franco Bisazza

Bruno Boschetti

Alfredo Piano

Enzo Robutti

Enzo Robutti

Giuseppe Terranova

Giuseppe Terranova

Pietro Tordi

Pietro Tordi

Enzo Spitaleri

Enzo Spitaleri

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