Le miserie del Signor Travet (1945)

Director:

Mario Soldati

Writers:

Vittorio Bersezio (play), Aldo De Benedetti (screenplay),

Stars:

Carlo Campanini, Vera Carmi, Paola Veneroni

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carlo Campanini	...	Monsù Ignazio Travet
Vera Carmi	...	Madama Rosa Travet
Paola Veneroni	...	Marianin Travet
Pierluigi Veraldo	...	Carluccio Travet (as Pier Luigi Verando)
Laura Gore	...	Brigida
Gino Cervi	...	Il commandatore Francesco Battilocchio
Luigi Pavese	...	Il capo sezione
Mario Siletti	...	Môtôn
Michele Malaspina	...	Rusca
Gianni Agus	...	Velan
Domenico Gambino	...	Monsù Giachetta
Enrico Effernelli	...	Paôlin
Alberto Sordi	...	Camillo Barbarotti
Carlo Mazzarella	...	Paglieri, il notaio
Felice Minotti	...	Giuan, il primo usciere

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

1800s | subdued employee | turin italy | rebel | fired from the job | 

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Taglines:

A piquant and cynical comedy-drama of a man who had wife trouble!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

15 December 1945 (Italy)

Also Known As:

His Young Wife

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pan Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Henpecked bureaucrat.

The original Italian title of HIS YOUNG WIFE translates as "The Miseries of Mr. Travet." The film is an evocation of life in 19th century Turin and is based on a play by Vittorio Bersezio. It concerns a humble ministry clerk (marvelously played by Carlo Campanini) whose years of drudgery have netted him abuse from his pretty and petty scheming wife (Vera Carmi) and from the other pen-pushers in the office. The bullying "commendatore" who is Travet's boss (Gino Cervi at his best) is at first infatuated with Travet's wife, then filled with admiration for Travet's character when the husband comes to the defense of his wife's virtue and loses his job in the process. This is a movie of great beauty and humanity.