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Strange Occasion | |
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Directed by | Luigi Comencini Nanni Loy Luigi Magni |
Written by | Sergio Corbucci Leo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi Rodolfo Sonego |
Produced by | Fausto Saraceni |
Starring | Nino Manfredi Stefania Sandrelli Alberto Sordi Paolo Villaggio |
Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi Aldo Tonti |
Edited by | Nino Baragli Ruggero Mastroianni Franco Fraticelli |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Distributed by | Cineriz |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
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