Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Nicola Rossi-Lemeni | ... | God (voice) |
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Elli Davis | ... | The blonde |
Fernandel | ... | The widower | |
Georges Rivière | ... | Gianni (as George Riviere) | |
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Paolo Stoppa | ... | Giorgio |
Anouk Aimée | ... | Giorgio's wife Irene | |
Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón | ... | Ambassador | |
Melina Mercouri | ... | Foreign lady | |
Nino Manfredi | ... | Waiter | |
Vittorio Gassman | ... | Cimino | |
Renato Rascel | ... | Coppola | |
Vittorio De Sica | ... | Defense lawyer | |
Silvana Mangano | ... | Signora Matteoni | |
Jack Palance | ... | Matteoni | |
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Mike Bongiorno | ... | Self |
In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack there of) to the announcement.
"Il Giudizio Universale" is like one of those Hollywood or international co-productions (say, "Casino Royale 1967") which gather a lot of big names in the cast and think that's enough for the viewers - they don't need to give them anything to do. A promising premise (loud God-like voice from the sky announces that the Final Judgment will start....tonight at 18:00) is first botched, then abandoned altogether (to give you an idea, the funniest gag is when the voice adresses - in Italian - a man in Blackpool, he says "Excuse me, do you speak English?", and the voice responds "No"). Disjointed, pointless, plotless, and unfunny. * out of 4.