The Career of a Chambermaid
1976This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.
Acted in
Agostina Belli
as Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris
Cochi Ponzoni
as Roberto Trevisan
Maurizio Arena
as Luciani
William Berger
as Franz
Lino Toffolo
as Gondrano Rossi
Vittorio Gassman
as Franco Denza
Ugo Tognazzi
as Adelmo
Paolo Baroni
as segretario di Marcella
Renato Pozzetto
as Bruno
Alvaro Vitali
as Mario
Nora Orlandi
Franca Stoppi
as la partigiana
Carla Terlizzi
Dino Baldazzi
as Benito Mussolini
Eleonora Morana
as madre di Marcella
Marcello Fusco
Laura Trotter
as Loretta Mari
Enrico Marciani
as Bisanti
Giovanni Brusadori
as Il partigiano occhialuto
Edoardo Florio
as Scandiani
Monica Fiorentini
as La cameriera amica di Marcella
Toni Maestri
as il padre di Marcella
Renate Schmidt
Giacomo Assandri
West Buchanan
Attilio Dottesio
as il partigiano con la barba bianca
Carla Mancini
as Le prostitute in divisa da marinaio
Alberto Postorino
as il padre di Mario
Vittorio Zarfati
Milla Johansson
as Party guest (uncredited)