Directed by:
Dino RisiCinematography:
Luciano TrasattiComposer:
Armando TrovajoliCast:
Alberto Sordi, Sylva Koscina, Nando Bruno, Gigi Reder, Franca Valeri, Livio Lorenzon, Leonora Ruffo, Nanda Primavera, Mario Passante, Ignazio Leone (more)Plots(1)
An early example of the switch in tone can be found in Dino Risi’s Il vedovo, in which Italy’s preeminent comedy actor Alberto Sordi plays a philandering husband of a wealthy and successful woman who simply tolerates her husband's ineptitude. Until he sees a potential plan for her death, which would result in a great inheritance for him. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
Alberto Sordi
Italy
Best movies:
Sylva Koscina
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
Nini Tirebouchon (1970)
Guns for the Dictator (1965)
Nando Bruno
Italy
Best movies:
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Quelle joie de vivre (1961)
Gigi Reder
Italy
Best movies:
Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)
Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954)
Franca Valeri
Italy
Best movies:
It Happened in the Park (1953)
Chacun son alibi (1960)
Variety Lights (1950)
Livio Lorenzon
Italy
Best movies:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Great War (1959)
Ace High (1968)
Leonora Ruffo
Italy
Best movies:
I Vitelloni (1953)
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
Nanda Primavera
Italy
Best movies:
Quelle joie de vivre (1961)
Scusa se è poco (1982)
Mario Passante
Italy
Best movies:
The Road (1954)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
It Happened in the Park (1953)
Ignazio Leone
Italy
Best movies:
Ransom! Police Is Watching (1973)
Fripouillard et cie (1959)
Shoot, Gringo... Shoot! (1968)
Luigi Leoni
Italy
Best movies:
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Ginger and Fred (1986)
The Good Pope John XXIII (2003) (TV movie)
Alberto Rabagliati
Italy
Best movies:
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
The Monte Carlo Story (1956)
Street Angel (1928)
Mimmo Poli
Italy
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
1900 (1976)
Rosita Pisano
Italy
Best movies:
Nini Tirebouchon (1970)
The Traffic Policeman (1960)
Liberté, mon amour... (1975)
Ignazio Dolce
Italy
Best movies:
The Best of Enemies (1961)
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
Angela Luce
Italy
Best movies:
Nini Tirebouchon (1970)
The Stranger (1967)
Malicious (1973)
Sergio Graziani
Italy
Best movies:
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Bonsoir Mesdames et Messieurs (1976)
Gastone Moschin
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Enzo Petito
Italy
Best movies:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
The Last Judgment (1961)