In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
Acting
Three comedy legends at peak pathetic desperation
Writing
Razor-sharp satire of 1960s Italian social climbing
Director
Franco Rossi
Nino Manfredi
Quirino Raganelli
Ugo Tognazzi
Prof. Gildo Beozi
Alberto Sordi
Guglielmo Bertone
Umberto D'Orsi
Ernesto (I)
Ilaria Occhini
Gabriella (I)
Riccardo Garrone
Alvaro Morandini (I)
Claudie Lange
Erminia, la moglie di Beozi (II)
Mario Frera
Caponi dell'Ultramarket (I)
Nanda Primavera
La suocera di Beozi (II)
Gaia Germani
Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
Paola Borboni
Baracchi-Croce, assistente di Beozi (II)
Claudio Gora
l'antiquario (II)
Armando Trovajoli
Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone") (uncredited)
Lelio Luttazzi
Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
Nanni Loy
Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Beozi episode was remarkably frank about homosexuality for 1965 Italy, using police raids to critique rather than mock queer life.
Three directors each handled one episode — a common anthology format in Italian cinema, but rare to see three such distinct comic sensibilities mesh this smoothly.
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