Edwige Fenech is a French-Italian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of commedia sexy all'italiana and giallo films released in the 1970s, which turned her into a sex symbol.
Commedia all'italiana, or Italian-style comedy, is an Italian film genre born in Italy in the 1950s and developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street in 1958, and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorce Italian Style (1961). According to most of the critics, La Terrazza (1980) by Ettore Scola is the last work considered part of the commedia all'italiana.
Alvaro Vitali is an Italian actor.
Carlo Gregorio Verdone is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director.
Francesco Pippo, known professionally as Pippo Franco, is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s, began a career in film, starring in a great number of commedia sexy all'italiana, the "sexy comedy" subgenre of Italian comedy. In the 1970s he expanded into television, acting in TV movies and presenting variety shows. His type of comedy borrows heavily from cabaret. Throughout his career he continued to sing, appearing many times at the Sanremo Festival. He has made children's music as well, and has co-written three books on (linguistic) humor.
The commedia sexy all'italiana, also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of the Italian commedia all'italiana film genre.
Anna Maria Rizzoli, is an Italian actress.
Gianna Lou Cassini, better known with her stage name Nadia Cassini, is a retired American actress, singer and showgirl who became famous in Italian exploitation films of the 1970s and early 1980s, particularly in the commedia sexy all'italiana genre in late 1970s.
Quel gran pezzo dell'Ubalda tutta nuda e tutta calda, internationally released as Ubalda, All Naked and Warm is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti.
L'insegnante is a 1975 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Nando Cicero. The film had a great commercial success and generated an "Insegnante" (Schoolteacher) film series, that consists of six titles, three of them starred by Edwige Fenech in the main role. L'insegnante represents the first major role for Alvaro Vitali, who in a short time would become a star of the genre. Fenech reprises the name of Giovanna from her previous box-office hit Giovannona Long-Thigh. The film was followed by The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High.
L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe is a 1979 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Giuliano Carnimeo. The film is the first in the "Schoolteacher" film series which does not star Edwige Fenech in the main role. It is considered the breakout title for Nadia Cassini.
Michele Massimo Tarantini is an Italian film director.
Luciano Martino was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter.
La figliastra: Storia di corna e di passioni is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Edoardo Mulargia. It features Bruno Scipioni with Austrian sexploitation star Sonja Jeannine.
La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello is a 1980 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini, starring Lino Banfi with Nadia Cassini. The film is a late installment of the genre, combining 1970s' soldatessa and dottoressa themes with abundant absurd comedy elements a year after Cassini's breakthrough film L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe.
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe, also known as L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale, is a 1981 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Nando Cicero.
L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe is a 1980 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini.
La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in città is a 1980 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Sergio Martino.
Man of the Year is a 1971 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Marco Vicario. The film was a blockbuster at the Italian box office.
Una cavalla tutta nuda is a 1972 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Franco Rossetti. It stars Don Backy, Barbara Bouchet and Renzo Montagnani.
