Matrimonial Agency (1953 film)

Not to be confused with the Fellini episode in the anthology Love in the City (1953 film).

Matrimonial Agency
Directed by	Giorgio Pastina
Written by	Edoardo Anton Giovanni Grimaldi Ugo Guerra Giorgio Pastina Eduardo Scarpetta (play) Alberto Vecchietti
Produced by	Aldo Guglielmetti
Starring	Delia Scala Aroldo Tieri Erminio Macario
Cinematography	Bitto Albertini
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Carlo Innocenzi
Production company	Grazia Film
Distributed by	Di Paolo Film
Release date	1953 (1953)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Matrimonial Agency (Italian: Agenzia matrimoniale) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Delia Scala, Aroldo Tieri and Erminio Macario. ^{[1] [2]} It was based on a play by Eduardo Scarpetta. ^[3]

Plot

Ms. Elena runs a marriage agency in a big city. The most diverse people come to her: Mrs. Amalia doesn't stop complaining about the betrothed chosen for her nephew, Donato has dragged her friend Peppino, a passionate cyclist, there, so that he can finally find a wife. Elena believes that the ideal woman could be her client, Mara, who has a great passion for sport.

When she learns that the rich industrialist who was to marry Mitzi, another client of hers, has died, Elena sends her collaborator Mario, so that he can inform Mitzi as tactfully as possible and propose another suitor. There is also great anticipation for the arrival of Lodolini and the bride found by Elena. Finally, the right time may have come for Mrs. Elena too.

Cast

• Delia Scala as Mitzi
• Aroldo Tieri as Mario
• Erminio Macario as Peppino
• Pina Renzi as Elena
• Virgilio Riento as Padre di Peppino
• Vera Carmi as Luisa
• Fulvia Franco as Mara
• Galeazzo Benti as Lodolini
• Laura Gore as Anna
• Ernesto Almirante as Zio di Lodolini
• Eva Vanicek as Ada
• Oscar Blando as Elio
• Johanna Hamilton as L'Americana
• Gisella Monaldi as Zia Amalia

References

1. Agenzia Matrimoniale (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-03-16– via www.cinematografo.it.
2. Spinazzola, Vittorio (2019-09-10). Cinema e pubblico. Lo spettacolo filmico in Italia 1945-1965 (in Italian). goWare. ISBN   978-88-3363-231-5.
3. Goble p.665

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Matrimonial Agency at IMDb