Divorce Italian Style (1961)

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105 min - Comedy - 17 September 1962 (USA)

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A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Marcello Mastroianni	...	Ferdinando Cefalù
	Daniela Rocca	...	Rosalia Cefalù
	Stefania Sandrelli	...	Angela
	Leopoldo Trieste	...	Carmelo Patanè
	Odoardo Spadaro	...	Don Gaetano Cefalù
	Margherita Girelli	...	Sisina
	Angela Cardile	...	Agnese
	Lando Buzzanca	...	Rosario Mulè
	Pietro Tordi	...	Attorney De Marzi
	Ugo Torrente	...	Don Calogero
	Antonio Acqua	...	Priest
	Bianca Castagnetta	...	Donna Matilde Cefalù
	Giovanni Fassiolo
	Ignazio Roberto Daidone
	Francesco Nicastro

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Storyline

Baron Fefé Cefalù is a Sicilian nobleman bored of life and of wife Rosalia: he falls in love with young and beautiful cousin Angela, who spends summers in the same palace. Since divorce is impossible in Italy in the 1960s, he decides to kill the wife, knowing that sentence would be very light if he proved that he committed murder for a matter of honour, i.e. when he found the wife together with another man. Therefore, he starts finding a lover for Rosalia, using Carmelo Patané, a painter well-known by her. Written by Alessio F. Bragadini <alessio@dsnet.it>

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Here is a Picture With Promise...To Love, Honor...and Oh Boy! See more »

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Comedy

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Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

17 September 1962 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Divorce à l'italienne See more »

Filming Locations:

Catania, Sicily, Italy See more »

Company Credits

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Lux Film, Vides Cinematografica, Galatea Film See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min | UK: 104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Co. System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

The film the villagers crowd into the cinema to see, 'La dolce vita (1960)'_, was released the year before this film and also starred Marcello Mastroianni. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Ferdinando writes the anonymous letter to himself, the picture he draws is completely different between shots regarding the antlers and the pen's thickness. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Marriage Italian Style (1964) See more »

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"Ave Maria"
Music by Charles Gounod See more »

Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Divorzio all'italiana (original title)

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