Divorce, Italian Style (1962)
- Starring:
- Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, (more)
- Director(s):
- Pietro Germi
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Divorce, Italian Style
To fully appreciate the international box-office bonanza Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio All'Italiana), one must remember that back in 1962, divorce was illegal in Italy. Ferdinando Cefalú(Marcello Mastroianni) would love to unload his demanding, sex-starved, monumentally unappealing wife, Rosalia (Daniela Rocca), but he can't take the legal means open to his American counterparts. Ferdinando can, however, kill off his wife and receive a light sentence...provided he catches the lady committing adultery. The trick now is to make his plate-of-potatoes spouse attractive enough so that some other man will accommodate Ferdinando by cuckolding him. Divorce, Italian Style not only cleaned up financially, but also won several international film awards, as well as an Oscar nomination for Marcello Mastroianni. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 104 mins
Complete Cast of Divorce, Italian Style
- Marcello Mastroianni - Ferdinando
- Stefania Sandrelli - Angela
- Odoardo Spadaro - Don Gaetano
- Angela Cardile - Agnese
- Pietro Tordi - Attorney DeMarzi
- Ugo Torrente - Don Calogero
- Laura Tomiselli - Zia Fifidda
- Daniela Rocca - Rosalia
- Leopoldo Trieste - Carmelo Patane
- Margherita Girelli - Sisina
- Antoni Acqua - the Priest
- Lando Buzzanca - Rosario Mule
- Bianca Castagnetta - Donna Matilde
- Director(s):
- Pietro Germi
- Writer(s):
- Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti, Ennio de Concini
- Producer(s):
- Franco Cristaldi
- Categories:
- Comedy
- 1963 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Foreign Actor
- 1962 - Cannes Film Festival - Best Comedy
- 1962 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
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