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

Director:

Pietro Germi

Writers:

Ennio De Concini (story) &
Pietro Germi (story) ...
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Release Date:

17 September 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The cutest comedy import in a long time!!!

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Sicilian | Italy | Painter | Murder

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 8 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

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
Edy Nogara
Renato Pinciroli
Daniela Igliozzi
Laura Tomiselli	...	Aunt Fifidda (as Laura Valerio Tomiselli)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Saro Arcidiacono	...	Dr. Talamone
Renzo Marignano	...	Politician
Bruno Bertocci	...	Uomo in piazza (uncredited)

Directed by
Pietro Germi

Writing credits
Ennio De Concini		(story) &
Pietro Germi		(story) &
Alfredo Giannetti		(story)
Ennio De Concini		(screenplay) &
Pietro Germi		(screenplay) &
Alfredo Giannetti		(screenplay)
Agenore Incrocci		(screenplay) uncredited

Produced by
Franco Cristaldi	....	producer

Original Music by
Carlo Rustichelli

Cinematography by
Leonida Barboni
Carlo Di Palma

Film Editing by
Roberto Cinquini

Production Design by
Carlo Egidi

Set Decoration by
Sergio Canevari

Costume Design by
Dina Di Bari

Makeup Department
Raffaele Cristini	....	assistant makeup artist
Anna Fabrizzi	....	hair stylist
Franco Freda	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Carlo Bartolini	....	production supervisor
Guglielmo Colonna	....	production manager
Alessandro Gori	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Enzo Battaglia	....	second assistant director
Renzo Marignano	....	assistant director

Art Department
Giovanni Checchi	....	property master

Sound Department
Antonio Bramonti	....	boom operator
Fiorenzo Magli	....	sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Gianni Antinori	....	assistant camera (as Giovanni Antinori)
Divo Cavicchioli	....	still photographer
Giovanni Ciarlo	....	assistant camera
Gastone Di Giovanni	....	camera operator
Alfredo Palmieri	....	assistant camera
Aiace Parolin	....	camera operator (as Ajace Parolin)
Arturo Zavattini	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elena Micheli Scardella	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Sergio Montanari	....	assistant editor
Mario Morra	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Deni	....	composer: song "Canto d'Amore"
Luigi Urbini	....	conductor (as Pierluigi Urbini)

Other crew
Rodolfo Frattaioli	....	production secretary
Mirta Guarnaschelli	....	continuity (as Myrta Corbucci)
Lamberto Pippia	....	production secretary
Rita Savagnone	....	voice dubbing: Daniela Rocca
Piero Speziali	....	administrator

Production Companies

• Lux Film
• Vides Cinematografica
• Galatea Film

Distributors

• Lux Film (1962) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Ad Vitam Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Embassy Pictures Corporation (1962) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Art Free (2005) (Greece) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
• Hen's Tooth Video (video)
• Homescreen (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Cinemontaggio  sound recording
• In.Ci. R. di Angelo de Paolis  studios

Also Known As:

"Divorzio all'italiana" - Italy (original title)

Runtime:

105 min | UK:104 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Co. System)

Certification:

Netherlands:6 (2010) (DVD) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (certificate number not listed)

Filming Locations:

Catania, Sicily, Italy

Company:

Lux Film

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.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ferdinando gets in bed with Rosalia after their fight, Rosalia's head facings change significantly between shots.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Acropolis Now: Easter Greek Style (#1.8)" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Una furtiva lacrima

Mastroianni is, simply, golden and as a whole this is a fine little piece of Italian cinema

There's a moment in Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana (aka: Divorce Italian Style) that pretty much defines everything, that sort of defines what a black comedy is all about: a certain woman murders her husband because he had run away with another woman, that certain woman murdered him while he was out with his new love. And that certain woman had something similar with our main character, Marcello Mastroianni's Baron Ferdinando Cefalù, and actually after the murder she crossed path with Ferdinando. The moment that sort of defines everything is when these two, the certain woman and our main character, are together since is Mastroianni delivering a really great laugh, is Ferninando being like "" ...certainly and certainly is the way that Mastroianni delivers the scene that makes it so fantastic and hilarious.