The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.
Comedy
Romance
Drama
Cast & Crew
Agostina Belli
Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris
Cochi Ponzoni
Roberto Trevisan
Maurizio Arena
Luciani
William Berger
Franz
Lino Toffolo
Gondrano Rossi
Vittorio Gassman
Franco Denza
Ugo Tognazzi
Adelmo
Paolo Baroni
segretario di Marcella
Renato Pozzetto
Bruno
Alvaro Vitali
Mario
Nora Orlandi
Franca Stoppi
la partigiana
Carla Terlizzi
Laura Trotter
Loretta Mari
Enrico Marciani
Bisanti
Monica Fiorentini
La cameriera amica di Marcella
West Buchanan
Attilio Dottesio
il partigiano con la barba bianca
Carla Mancini
Le prostitute in divisa da marinaio
Vittorio Zarfati
Milla Johansson
Party guest (uncredited)
Pio Angeletti, Adriano De Micheli
Producer
Dino Risi
Director
Bernardino Zapponi, Dino Risi, Ruggero Maccari
Screenplay
