White Collar Blues (1975)
"Fantozzi" (original title)

Based on Paolo Villaggio's books "Fantozzi" and "Il secondo, tragico Fantozzi", which are popular in Italy, this film tells the story of an unfortunate accountant's life over the course of ... See full summary »

Director:

Luciano Salce

Writers:

Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay), Piero De Bernardi (screenplay),

Stars:

Paolo Villaggio, Anna Mazzamauro, Gigi Reder

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paolo Villaggio	...	Rag. Ugo Fantozzi
Anna Mazzamauro	...	Signorina Silvani
Gigi Reder	...	Rag. Filini
Giuseppe Anatrelli	...	Geom. Calboni
Umberto D'Orsi	...	Gran Maestro, Conte Diego Catellani
Liù Bosisio	...	Pina Fantozzi
Dino Emanuelli	...	Collega di Fantozzi (as Bernardino Emanuelli)
Plinio Fernando	...	Mariangela Fantozzi
Paolo Paoloni	...	Mega Direttore Galattico, Duca Conte G.M.Balabam
Elena Tricoli	...	Teresa Catellani
Pietro Zardini	...	Rag. Fonelli
Artemio Antonini	...	Secondo Bruto Che Picchia Fantozzi
Amerigo Alberani
Mirko Baiocchi
Luciano Bonanni	...	Cliente al ristorante giapponese

Storyline

Based on Paolo Villaggio's books "Fantozzi" and "Il secondo, tragico Fantozzi", which are popular in Italy, this film tells the story of an unfortunate accountant's life over the course of one year, shown in a variety of sketches, segments and provocative sequences making Fantozzi a very unlucky person indeed.

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Plot Keywords:

unlucky | surrealism | cult film | bad luck | office | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian Japanese French German

Release Date:

27 March 1975 (Italy)

Also Known As:

White Collar Blues

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rizzoli Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Fantozzi is so popular in Italy that the widely used adjective "fantozziano" means "someone or something as unlucky as Fantozzi."

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Quotes

Ugo Fantozzi: I didn't mean to kill your dog! I'll kill myself in the fish pond!
[jumps in]
Signorina Silvani: What are you doing?
Ugo Fantozzi: I'm examining the temperature of the fish pond.
Ugo Fantozzi: Behold, all of you. I have given you fish
[holds up two fish]
Ugo Fantozzi: and some fine white rice.

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Connections

Followed by Fantozzi in paradiso (1993)

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Soundtracks

"Allucinazioni Mistiche"
Written by Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi and Vince Tempera
Performed by Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi and Vince Tempera

User Reviews

fantozzi cult

It's true, Fantozzi is such a cult in Italy that unless you've actually watched at least one movie you're going to miss most jokes by your fellow Italian as at least three out of ten are related to a fantozzi movie somehow:) if you're unlucky or clumsy you are 'fantozzi' and people can pretend to be fantozzi's boss: 'fantozzi, is it you'? One of fantozzi's most popular answers (usually to his boss's magnanimous decision to move him to the basement and increase his shifts from 5 to 8) is to say: "Thank you you are so human" so every time anybody says something evil or mean you can reply jokingly and say 'you're so human':) also his name is hilariously and constantly misspelled 'fantocci' 'bambocci' etc.

but unless you know the fantozzi quotes you won't get the gist of it and you'll be lost to most other who watched the movie(s) lots of times..

enjoy!