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Il medico della mutua

  • 1968
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.8K
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Alberto Sordi in Il medico della mutua (1968)
Comedy

The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.

  • Director
    • Luigi Zampa
  • Writers
    • Giuseppe D'Agata
    • Sergio Amidei
    • Alberto Sordi
  • Stars
    • Alberto Sordi
    • Bice Valori
    • Sara Franchetti
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Luigi Zampa
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe D'Agata
      • Sergio Amidei
      • Alberto Sordi
    • Stars
      • Alberto Sordi
      • Bice Valori
      • Sara Franchetti
    • 2User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    Alberto Sordi
    Alberto Sordi
    • Doctor Guido Tersilli
    Bice Valori
    • Amelia-Doctor Bui's Wife
    Sara Franchetti
    • Teresa-Guido's Girlfriend
    Nanda Primavera
    Nanda Primavera
    • Guido's Mother
    Ida Galli
    Ida Galli
    • Anna Maria-Guido's Wife
    • (as Evelyn Stewart)
    Claudio Gora
    Claudio Gora
    • The Primary
    Franco Scandurra
    • Doctor Bui-Doctor on his deathbed
    Leopoldo Trieste
    Leopoldo Trieste
    • Pietro
    Sandro Merli
    • Doctor Drufo-Colleague in hospital
    Pupella Maggio
    Pupella Maggio
    • Ms.Parise-First patient
    Tano Cimarosa
    Tano Cimarosa
    • Salvatore Laganà-Father of 9 children
    Milly Vitale
    Milly Vitale
    Marco Tulli
    Marco Tulli
    • Doorman at hospital
    Elena Nicolai
    Elena Nicolai
    Adriana Giuffrè
    • Marianna
    Francesco De Leone
    Sandro Dori
    • Doctor Zucconi-Colleague in hospital
    Filippo De Gara
    • Doctor
    • (as Filippo Degara)
    • Director
      • Luigi Zampa
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe D'Agata
      • Sergio Amidei
      • Alberto Sordi
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Producer 'Dino de Laurentiis (I)' refused join the production because according to him any Italian would go to a theater to see a movie about doctors and diseases. The movie had the record at the Italian box office in 1968 beating Kubrik's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).
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    7/10

    Comedy on the disasterous Italian national health/medical system !

    Story of an ambitious young medical school graduate who through not always ethical means makes a rapid career. Even though its not the best of Alberto Sordi's tragicomical films, this film tells the public about all the inefficiencies and absurdies of the national sanitary system, almost to become a documentary ,but retaining always that 'commedia all'Italiana' satire on Italian society ! The film was so pungent in its critism of the amorality of the Italian medical category, that the Italian Medical Association condemned the film , even though many doctors in private admitted to Alberto Sordi that his film basically depicted well the situation. Now the system of 'mutue' has been abolished in Italy, so the film is only relevant as social criticism for Italy of the early 1970's, but always interesting to watch, and additionally you can have a few laugh's.A 7 vote.
    • skulli99
    • Aug 25, 2002
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    • Release date
      • October 24, 1968 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Be Sick... It's Free
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Euro Film
      • Explorer Film '58
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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