An Italian in America

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An Italian in America
Italiano in America.jpg
Directed by Alberto Sordi
Written by Rodolfo Sonego
Alberto Sordi
Produced byJacques Dorfmann
StarringAlberto Sordi
Vittorio De Sica
CinematographyBenito Frattari
Music by Piero Piccioni
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

An Italian in America (Italian : Un italiano in America) is a 1967 Commedia all'italiana film co-written and directed by Alberto Sordi and starring the same Sordi opposite Vittorio De Sica. [1] [2] [3] Screenwriter Rodolfo Sonego was inspired for the plot by the participation of one of his friends, the painter Salvatore Scarpitta, to the NBC program This Is Your Life . [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN   8876055932.
  2. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.
  3. ↑ Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini. Il Morandini 2011. Dizionario dei film. Zanichelli, 2010. ISBN   8808227227.
  4. ↑ Tatti Sanguineti (2 April 2015). Il cervello di Alberto Sordi: Rodolfo Sonego e il suo cinema. Adelphi, 2015. ISBN   978-8845976360.


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