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Directed by | Paolo Moffa |
Written by | Georges Courteline (play) Suso Cecchi d'Amico Alessandro Continenza Michel Audiard Marcel Camus |
Starring | Vittorio De Sica Daniel Gélin Alberto Sordi Silvana Pampanini |
Cinematography | Václav Vích Enzo Barboni |
Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
Music by | Annibale Bizzelli |
Production companies | Film Costellazione Produzione Les Films Fernand Rivers Zebra Films |
Distributed by | Standing Films (France) CEI Incom (Italy) |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | Italian |
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