Primo premio: Mariarosa

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Primo premio: Mariarosa
Directed by Sergio Grieco
Written byMichele Pescatore
Carlo Veo
Starring Carlo Croccolo
CinematographyRenato Del Frate
Release date
  • 1952 (1952)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Primo premio: Mariarosa, also known as Primo premio: Maria Rosa, is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Carlo Croccolo.

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Plot

The film is one of a series of light comedies directed by Grieco at a period in his career when he could not make serious films. [1] Mariarosa, a cow, is the prize in an annual raffle held by a village in Abruzzo. One year the winner is a visitor who works in a government ministry in Rome, Virgilio (Croccolo), and he decides to keep the cow. Eventually he is persuaded to honour custom and return her to be raffled off again the following year; in the process he finds love. [2] [3]

Cast

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References

  1. Italian Directors. Rome: Unitalia Film. 1958. OCLC   594138.
  2. "Primo premio: Maria Rosa". Film TV.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. "Primo premio: Maria Rosa". My Movies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 September 2018.