A 1966 Italian sci-fi operetta about a banana company heir? Bellissimo chaos.
The operetta, which was introduced from the headlines and a preamble, is initiated by a particular ballet, which then gives way to the development of the plot, in the form of operetta-musical.
Direction
Cottafavi treats operetta sci-fi with surprising visual conviction.
Production
Ballet-to-plot transitions that defy every narrative law.
Director
Vittorio Cottafavi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Italy's 1960s operetta-TV experiments were wild genre collisions, often airing on RAI as high-culture programming disguised as entertainment.
Director Vittorio Cottafavi was a prolific TV filmmaker who somehow made this AND respectable peplum epics—no two careers have been less alike.
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