La villeggiatura (1973)

Director:

Marco Leto

Writers:

Lino Del Fra, Marco Leto,

Stars:

Adalberto Maria Merli, Adolfo Celi, Milena Vukotic

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview:
Adalberto Maria Merli	...	Franco Rossini
Adolfo Celi	...	Commissioner Rizzuto
Milena Vukotic	...	Daria Rossini
John Steiner	...	Scagnetti
Biagio Pelligra	...	Mastrodonato
Roberto Herlitzka	...	Guasco
Giuliano Petrelli	...	Nino
Vito Cipolla	...	Brigadier Renzetti
Luigi Uzzo	...	Massanesi
Silvio Anselmo	...	Inventor
Nello Riviè	...	Prisoner
Gianfranco Barra	...	Priest
Aldo De Correllis	...	Further Prisoner

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

15 July 1974 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Black Holiday

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo, Natascia Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

User Reviews

Blurb.

BLACK HOLIDAY (LA VILLEGGIATURA) is a powerful yet understated study of fascism in Mussolini's Italy as seen through the eyes of an anti-regime professor sent as punishment to a resort island for a "vacation" because he has refused to take an oath of loyalty to Mussolini, a requirement of all professors. The commissioner on the island quietly acquiesces to the fascists but secretly thinks them vulgar. The professor, however, like Carlo Levi in Christ STOPPED AT EBOLI, cannot compromise his ideals. This intelligent study about how individuals react to political oppression is well directed by Marco Leto and features Adalberto Maria Merli as the professor and Adolfo Celi as the prison commissioner.