The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
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.
- Released
- 1976-02-06
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Drama
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Dino Risi, Bernardino Zapponi, Dino Risi, Ruggero Maccari
- TMDB rating
- 4.9/10 from 26 votes
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