Boccaccio '70 (1962)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Directors:

Vittorio De Sica
Federico Fellini
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Writers:

Giovanni Arpino (segment)
Italo Calvino (segment)
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Release Date:

26 June 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana...

Plot Keywords:

Billboard | Apostrophe In Title | Digit In Title | Episodic | Amusement Park

Cast

Marisa Solinas	...	Luciana (segment "Renzo e Luciana")
Germano Gilioli	...	Renzo (segment "Renzo e Luciana")
Anita Ekberg	...	Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Peppino De Filippo	...	Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Romy Schneider	...	Pupe (segment "Il lavoro")
Tomas Milian	...	Conte Ottavio (segment "Il lavoro") (as Thomas Milian)
Romolo Valli	...	Lawyer Zacchi (segment "Il lavoro")
Sophia Loren	...	Zoe (segment "La riffa")
Luigi Giuliani	...	Gaetano (segment "La riffa")
Alfio Vita	...	Cuspet (segment "La riffa")
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Antonio Acqua	...	Commendatore La Pappa (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)
Nando Angelini	...	Man winning a bottle (segment "La riffa") (uncredited)
Silvio Bagolini	...	Secretary of Monsignore (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)
Ciccio Barbi	...	Engineer in the car (uncredited)
Suso Cecchi d'Amico	...	(segment "Renzo e Luciana") (uncredited)
Donatella Della Nora	...	Mazzuolo's sister (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)
Giacomo Furia	...	Worker (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)
Giuliano Gemma	...	Hercules (uncredited)
Amedeo Girardi	...	(segment "Il lavoro") (uncredited)
Valentino Macchi	...	Friend of man winning a bottle (segment "La riffa") (uncredited)
Dante Maggio	...	Foreman (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)
Franco Magno	...	Secretary of La Pappa (uncredited)
Mario Passante	...	Sacristan (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)
Polidor	...	Foreman (uncredited)
Alfredo Rizzo	...	Foreman (uncredited)
Alberto Sorrentino	...	Worker (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)
Paolo Stoppa	...	Lawyer Alcamo (segment "Il lavoro") (uncredited)

Directed by
Vittorio De Sica		(segment "La riffa")
Federico Fellini		(segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Mario Monicelli		(segment "Renzo e Luciana")
Luchino Visconti		(segment "Il lavoro")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Giovanni Arpino		segment "Renzo e Luciana"
Italo Calvino		segment "Renzo e Luciana"
Suso Cecchi d'Amico		segments "Renzo e Luciana" and "Il lavoro"
Federico Fellini		segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio"
Ennio Flaiano		segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio"
Mario Monicelli		segment "Renzo e Luciana"
Goffredo Parise		segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" (as G. Parise)
Tullio Pinelli		segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio"
Brunello Rondi		segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" (as B. Rondi)
Luchino Visconti		segment "Il lavoro"
Cesare Zavattini		segment "La riffa"

Produced by
Tonino Cervi	....	producer (as Antonio Cervi)
Carlo Ponti	....	producer

Original Music by
Nino Rota		(segments "Il lavoro" and "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Armando Trovajoli		(segment "La riffa")
Piero Umiliani		(segment "Renzo e Luciana")

Cinematography by
Otello Martelli		(segments "La riffa" and "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Armando Nannuzzi		(segment "Renzo e Luciana")
Giuseppe Rotunno		(segment "Il lavoro")

Film Editing by
Leo Cattozzo		(segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (as L. Cattozzo)
Adriana Novelli		(segments "La riffa" and "Renzo e Luciana")
Mario Serandrei		(segment "Il lavoro")

Production Design by
Elio Costanzi		(segment "La riffa")
Mario Garbuglia		(segment "Il lavoro")
Piero Gherardi		(segment "Renzo e Luciana")
Piero Zuffi		(segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")

Production Management
Sante Chimirri	....	production manager
Alfredo Melidoni	....	production manager
Lucio Orlandini	....	production manager
Ugo Tucci	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mario Maffei	....	assistant director (segment "Renzo e Luciana") (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Piero Zuffi	....	costume designer: segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio"
Piero Tosi	....	costume designer: segment "Il lavoro" (uncredited)

Other crew
Cesare Zavattini	....	original idea

Production Companies

• Cineriz
• Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica
• Francinex
• Gray-Film

Distributors

• Aquarius TV (2004) (Greece) (TV)
• Embassy Pictures Corporation (USA) (subtitled)
• Homescreen (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Mike LeBell Video (video)
• NoShame Films (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Stomp Visual (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Boccaccio '70 (USA)
Boccace 70 (France)

Runtime:

Argentina:205 min | Germany:125 min (3 episodes) (cut) | Netherlands:158 min (3 episodes) | USA:150 min (3 episodes) (cut) | France:150 min (3 episodes) (cut) | 208 min (4 episodes)

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | German

Color:

Color (Technicolor/Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Hungary:18 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Italy:VM14 | Sweden:15 | UK:X | USA:Unrated | Germany:6 (re-rating) | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

E.U.R., Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Cineriz

Trivia:

Federico Fellini's segment, "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio", was his first work in color. It and Fellini's contribution to L'amore in città (1953) along with his co-directed "Variety Lights" are the "1/2" alluded to in the title of 8½ (1963).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mafioso (1962)

Soundtrack:

Riffa Cha Cha

Quality in this Italian film!

What superlatives can really be added to the directors of this film that haven't already been used! Certainly, too, the acting is top rate. Loosely "based upon the 'Tales of the Decameron' written by Boccaccio," this film "updates" (from 14th century!)and brings alive the passion, the tragedy, the humor that Boccaccio and friends sought to "while away their time as the Plague ravaged Florence below"! Certainly any film that features Signorina Loren can't be all bad; ditto with Eckberg and Schneider--what a lovely trinity! Alas, seeing this film today is very, very difficult, as it hasn't been released for general consumption (as far as I know). Pity. It's a great film, even after 39 years!