Thrilling (1965)

Three segments: in the first one (Il vittimista) a teacher is obsessed with the idea his wife betrays him. When he goes to a shrink he lets him understand that his fear has to do with him ... See full summary »

Directors:

Carlo Lizzani, Gian Luigi Polidoro,

Writers:

Ruggero Maccari (segment), Ettore Scola (segment),

Stars:

Alberto Sordi, Nino Manfredi, Walter Chiari

Cast

Credited cast:
Alberto Sordi	...	Fernando Boccetta (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
Nino Manfredi	...	Nanni Galassi (segment "Il vittimista")
Walter Chiari	...	Bertazzi (segment "Sadik")
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giampiero Albertini	...	Il "Rosso" (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
Luigi Battaglia	...	Franco (segment "Il vittimista")
Federico Boido	...	(segment "L'autostrada del sole")
Luciano Bonanni	...	Claudio the lifeguard (segment "Il vittimista")
Tino Buazzelli	...	The shrink (segment "Il vittimista")
Carlo Cerioni	...	(segment "Il vittimista")
Alessandro Cutolo	...	Eraldo (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
Oretta Fiume	...	Claudia (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
Cesare Garbini	...	(segment "Il vittimista")
Cesare Gelli	...	Cesarino (segment "Il vittimista")
Dorian Gray	...	Veronique (segment "Sadik")
Magda Konopka	...	Luciana (segment "Il vittimista")

Storyline

Three segments: in the first one (Il vittimista) a teacher is obsessed with the idea his wife betrays him. When he goes to a shrink he lets him understand that his fear has to do with him having cheated on her for some time. When he dumps the mistress and confesses to his wife she forgives him while the mistress seems to take it rather seriously. In the second segment (Sadik) a wife has her husband dress himself with a comic character costume. In the last segment (L'autostrada del sole) a man has to spend the night in a mysterious hotel because of his car breaking down.

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Genres:

Comedy | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

21 October 1965 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Espeluznante

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

Magda Konopka's first movie.

User Reviews

Sordi, Manfredi and Chiari are brilliant

Thrilling is a comedy composed by three separate episodes.

In the first one, a teacher, played by Nino Manfredi, is terrified by his jealous - and possibly murderous - wife. Not bad, although definitely unexceptional. Thankfully, Manfredi - in a somewhat unusual role for him - is always a pleasure to watch.

The second episode is the shortest and the most (intentionally) cartoonish - it feels like a sketch. A desperate businessman (Walter Chiari) is forced by his obnoxious wife to dress like her favourite comic book hero and to break into their house to "spice up" their wedding. The extreme simplicity of the whole thing is redeemed by an amusing performance by Chiari as the clumsy, miserable and spineless husband.

The third episode is the best. The protagonist (Alberto Sordi) pursues through the highway a driver who has damaged his car, and ends up in an isolated hotel. Believing the driver is hiding in the building, he decides to rent a room and to pass there the night, but he ultimately discovers that the hotel owners are a group of killers who murder their guests to rob them... Sordi is hilarious as his typical character, a mediocre, noisy, petty, cowardly buffoon. Croatian starlet Sylva Koscina (very popular in Italy in those days) plays a mysterious guest.

Overall, not great but certainly decent, as each episode is better than average.

7/10