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Director:
Writers:
Ruggero Maccari (screenplay)
Ruggero Maccari (story)
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Release Date:
22 September 1963 (Italy) more
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Tagline:
They have many names for a man who claws his way to the top!
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Successful "Commedia all'Italiana" more (2 total)

Cast

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Anouk Aimée ... Laura
Ugo Attanasio
Carlo Bagno ... Varelli
Armando Bandini ... Romanelli
Isabella Biancini
Mino Doro
Umberto D'Orsi ... Il fascista capitalista
Cristina Gaioni ... Maria
Riccardo Garrone ... Ex fidanzato di laura
Vittorio Gassman ... Giulio Ceriani
Annie Gorassini ... Marisa
Carlo Kechler
Gastone Moschin ... Il cognato di Giulio
Franca Polesello ... Carla
Filippo Scelzo ... Berto
Maria Grazia Spina ... Diana
Leopoldo Trieste ... Grassi
Jean-Louis Trintignant ... Sergio
Daniele Vargas ... Il principale di Laura
Elisabetta Velinska ... Elena
Mary Welles ... Tatiana
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Success
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Runtime:
106 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Italian censorship visa # 41211 delivered on 19-9-1963. more
Soundtrack:
Come te non c'è nessuno more

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Successful "Commedia all'Italiana", 25 June 2008
9/10
Author: tuco73 from London

Mauro Morassi best movie il SUCCESSO, was also his last of a short career, as he died in a car accident when he was only 40. I believe this one to be one of the most overlooked Italian comedies of the sixties and surely needs to be watched and appreciated again (hopefully they will release a DVD). It tells the story of a 38 married man who is living the "Boom" years, when many people at his age were already making a fortune and living (showing off) at the highest standards. His frustration keeps growing as he desperately looks for some money to be able to secure a deal he became aware while at work in his office. Dialogues, acting, characters, music, photography, everything works perfectly well. The ending is a bitter one, but also the only one the main character was inevitably aiming for. Nowadays we are not living in an economic "Boom" as it was back in the post war period, but sadly enough the superficiality of the main character and his desperate need to become rich and show off has boomed in Italy thanks to some well known rich media tycoon whose fortunes and mentality has become the example to follow... A Great movie to rediscover, still effective today as it was at his release!

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