Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Pietro Germi

Writers:

Piero De Bernardi (story) &
Leonardo Benvenuti (story) ...

Release Date:

17 December 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Do you, Alfredo, take this woman to be your awful wedded wife?

Plot:

Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her...

Plot Keywords:

Ascoli Piceno Italy | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win

Cast

Dustin Hoffman	...	Alfredo Sbisà
Stefania Sandrelli	...	Mariarosa Cavaroni in Sbisà
Carla Gravina	...	Carolina Betti
Clara Colosimo	...	Carolina's mother (as Carla Colosima)
Daniele Patella	...	Carolina's father
Danika La Loggia	...	Maria Rosa's mother
Saro Urzì	...	Maria Rosa's father
Luigi Baghetti	...	Alfredo's father
Duilio Del Prete	...	Oreste
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ferruccio Amendola	...	Dustin Hoffman (voice)
Giuseppe Caracciolo
Nazzareno Cardarelli
Fernando Cerulli
Francesco D'Adda
Ursula Davis		(as Pier Anna Quaia)
Carlo Dori
Jean Dumontet
André Fouché
Mario Frera
Renzo Marignano
Loredana Martínez
Gianni Pulone
Lorenzo Ricciardi		(as Enzo Ricciardi)
Gianni Rizzo
Ugo Silvestri
Elisabetta Vito

Also Known As:

Alfredo, Alfredo (USA)
Finché divorzio non vi separi (Italy) (working title)

Runtime:

Italy:110 min | USA:98 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy

Company:

Francoriz Production

Soundtrack:

La casa bianca

Smaller Germi Due To Bigger Star

Pietro Germi is one of the unsung heroes of the film world. "Divorce Italian Style" catapulted him from total obscurity to partial obscurity, at least for a while. In his native Italy, naturally, he is highly regarded, considered, quite rightly, one of the best. But even then, once rarely hears Germi's name in the same breath with Fellini or De Sica, Rosellini or Antonioni. He was a sort of Preston Sturges. He ventured into varied genres in a masterful and innovative way. Think "Divorce Italian Style" and "Un Maledeto Inbroglio" "Seduced and Abandoned" and "The Birds, The Bees and The Italians" Different universes, always darkish, always funny, always brilliant. Marcello Mastroiani in Germi's hands created a miraculous character in "Divorce Italian Style" Saro Urzi was unbelievable in "Seduced and Abandoned". In "Alfredo Alfredo" everything seems a bit off. It's not the Germi I have come to know and love, I mean, not quite. I detect the presence of a virus in his system, I wonder if it is the, then, well known and feared Hoffman decease. It drove directors insane. I had heard of some pretty nutty behavior on the set of "Agatha" that lovely picture directed by Michael Apted. Here you sense that Germi is not at his freer. You sense some kind of hurry and frustration, never before evident in a Germi film. I'm of course, merely speculating but I can't help wonder that if this is a smaller Petri, is due, in great part, to the bigger star. I suppose we'll never know so don't bother, run to your nearest "smart" video place and get all of Pietro Germi's films pre-Alfredo Alfredo.