The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
Original title: Telefoni bianchi
The Career of a Chambermaid is a 1976 Italian-language comedy movie directed by Dino Risi, with a running time of 1h 51m. It stars Agostina Belli, Cochi Ponzoni and Maurizio Arena.
This 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.
Cast
- 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