The Doll That Took the Town

The Doll That Took the Town
The Doll That Took the Town
Directed by	Francesco Maselli
Written by	Franco Bemporad; Cesare Zavattini; Francesco Maselli; Luigi Squarzina; Aggeo Savioli
Produced by	Lorenzo Pegoraro
Starring	Virna Lisi; Antonio Cifariello; Haya Harareet; Elisa Cegani; Vittorio Sanipoli; Franco Fabrizi
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Mario Zafred
Distributed by	Medallion Pictures
Release date	1956;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Doll That Took the Town (Italian: La donna del giorno, lit. 'The Woman of the Day') is a 1956 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Maselli and starring Virna Lisi, Haya Harareet and Franco Fabrizi.^[1]^[2] For this film Maselli won the award for best young director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.^[3]

Plot

A struggling model who concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the police eventually arrest three suspects.

Cast

Virna Lisi as Liliana
Antonio Cifariello as Giorgio Salustri
Haya Harareet as Anna
Serge Reggiani as Mario Grimaldi
Elisa Cegani as Miss Attenni
Franco Fabrizi as Aldo
Vittorio Sanipoli as Police commissioner
Mario Carotenuto as Editor
Marcello Giorda as Marcello
Camillo Milli as Camillo
Diego Michelotti as Diego
Giulio Paradisi as Giulio
Giuliano Montaldo as Journalist
Peter Van Wood as Himself

References

^ "Rassegna cinematografica [review]". Corriere della Sera. 26 January 1957. p. 6 – via The Wikipedia Library.
^ m. g. (7 February 1957). "Sullo schermo". La Stampa. No. 33. p. 4. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959 (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 124. ISBN 978-88-7605-548-5.

External links

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[1] "Rassegna cinematografica [review]". Corriere della Sera. 26 January 1957. p. 6 – via The Wikipedia Library.

[2] . g. (7 February 1957). "Sullo schermo". La Stampa. No. 33. p. 4. Retrieved 4 October 2024.

[3] Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959 (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 124. ISBN 978-88-7605-548-5.

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