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La bella di Roma

  • 19551955
  • 1h 39m
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6.4/10
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La bella di Roma (1955)
  • Comedy
Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman.Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman.Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
160
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  • Director
    • Luigi Comencini
  • Writers
    • Luigi Comencini(story)
    • Ettore Maria Margadonna(story)
    • Edoardo Anton(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Alberto Sordi
    • Silvana Pampanini
    • Paolo Stoppa
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  • Director
    • Luigi Comencini
  • Writers
    • Luigi Comencini(story)
    • Ettore Maria Margadonna(story)
    • Edoardo Anton(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Alberto Sordi
    • Silvana Pampanini
    • Paolo Stoppa
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    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Antonio Cifariello and Silvana Pampanini in La bella di Roma (1955)
    Silvana Pampanini and Paolo Stoppa in La bella di Roma (1955)
    Alberto Sordi in La bella di Roma (1955)
    Luisella Beghi and Alberto Sordi in La bella di Roma (1955)
    Luisella Beghi and Alberto Sordi in La bella di Roma (1955)
    Antonio Cifariello and Silvana Pampanini in La bella di Roma (1955)
    Silvana Pampanini and Paolo Stoppa in La bella di Roma (1955)
    Paolo Stoppa and Lina Volonghi in La bella di Roma (1955)
    Silvana Pampanini and Alberto Sordi in La bella di Roma (1955)
    La bella di Roma (1955)

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    Alberto Sordi
    Alberto Sordi
    • Graccoas Gracco
    Silvana Pampanini
    Silvana Pampanini
    • Nanninaas Nannina
    Paolo Stoppa
    Paolo Stoppa
    • Oresteas Oreste
    Luisella Beghi
    Luisella Beghi
    • Inesas Ines
    Betty Foa
    • Suor Celesteas Suor Celeste
    • (as Betty Foà)
    Sergio Tofano
    Sergio Tofano
    • Agostinoas Agostino
    Bice Valori
    • Suor Serafinaas Suor Serafina
    Lina Volonghi
    • Tinaas Tina
    Ciccio Barbi
    • Il parrocoas Il parroco
    Giulio Calì
    • Il cameriereas Il cameriere
    Ettore Jannetti
      Mario Meniconi
      Mario Meniconi
      • Il fruttivendoloas Il fruttivendolo
      Francesco Patrizi
      • Il commissarioas Il commissario
      Carlo Picchiotti
      • Gigettoas Gigetto
      Gigi Reder
      • Luigias Luigi
      Antonio Cifariello
      Antonio Cifariello
      • Marioas Mario
      Luciano Forniti
      Ada Colangeli
      • Vicina di casa di Graccoas Vicina di casa di Gracco
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Luigi Comencini
      • Writers
        • Luigi Comencini(story) (screenplay)
        • Ettore Maria Margadonna(story) (screenplay)
        • Edoardo Anton(screenplay) (dialogue)
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        Final film of Luisella Beghi.

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      6/10
      Silvana Pampanini as Nannina.
      With hindsight ,"la bella di Roma" cannot be considered a great Comencini .His first real masterpiece was its follow-up "la finestra sul Luna Park " which inaugurated a series of unforgettable classics about childhood such as " incompreso" " Pinocchio " "Voltati Eugenio" " cuore " " Marcellino " not to mention his comedies extraordinaire such as "lo scopone scientifico " or" l'ingorgo" .

      It does not mean "la bella" is bad ,even though it cannot be mentioned in the same breath as the above-mentioned works.

      la bella Nannina is estranged from her fiance who's in jail for some time;she is wooed by a restaurant owner who proposes her and an upholsterer ,a married bourgeois .Tired of his cantakerous sister-in-law, the former suggests Nannina open a trattoria with him (he would finance and would be her associate).But he is old .And the fiancé is out of jail : he fails as a boxer ,and becomes a balloon man ,he is young and handsome .But he is poor.

      The third suitor cannot marry her but ,although sanctimonious (as his holier-than-thou wife) , he is a hypocrit who desires Nannina . Albert Sordi ,the future Peppino in " lo scopone scientifico" ,shines in this part of a pater familias , tangled in religion ,routine ,and a wife who made a vow of chastity ,to thank Virgin Mary for bringing her brat home :you should see Sordi's face when the beaming spouse shows him ...twin beds .

      Let's notice that Comencini never forgets the children : Gracco is a good father,though sometimes violent. And as often in Comencini's work, tragedy walks hand in hand with comedy :it's when ,in despair, he goes to the morgue that he learns the good news ...to be followed by a bad one soon.

      "La Bella " features the longest rosary in a movie ,complete with two nuns ,and no,it's never dull.

      By no means a great Comencini ,but an entertaining one for sure!
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      • Release date
        • October 5, 1955 (Italy)
      • Countries of origin
        • Italy
        • France
      • Language
        • Italian
      • Also known as
        • The Belle of Rome
      • Filming locations
        • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
      • Production company
        • Lux Film
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 39 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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