In the figure of Ettore Zambrini, a small industrialist with a dream of opening a factory overlooking the Autostrada del Sole, Montaldo offers us an effective narrative transposition of the 'animal spirits' that governed the economic boom in Italy at the time. He is a character of contradictory humanity: capable of handling business, overdue bills, trade union relations, marital betrayal, but also the passion that binds him to his wife with equal unscrupulousness.
Cast
Renato Salvatori
Ettore Zambrini
Norma Bengell
Luciana
Nino Segurini
Marco
Marina Malfatti
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Dino Fontanesi
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Raffaele Triggia
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Iginio Marchesini
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Gino Agostini
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Enrico Rame
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Brenno Baratella
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Antonio Domenighini
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Alberto Masini
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Vito Cipolla
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Celso Fave
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Carlo Asinari
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Gino Cassani
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Anna Maria Crocioni
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Mario Fiore
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Umberto Julli
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Florence Nova
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Gabriella Pellegrini
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Loris Serra
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Luciano Serra
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Antonietta Righi
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Crew
Giuliano Montaldo
Director, Screenplay
Lucio Battistrada
Screenplay, Story
Giuliani G. De Negri
Story, Producer
Armando Crispino
Story
Attilio Vincioni
Editor
Emma Manenti
Assistant Editor
Erico Menczer
Director of Photography
Luciano Pinelli
Assistant Director
Stefano Roncoroni
Assistant Director
Gito Battistrada
Line Producer
Hanzi Axerio
Production Design
Silvio Fraschetti
Camera Operator
Lina Nerli Taviani
Costume Design
Silvestro Castellani
Sound Mixer
Ferdinando Pescetelli
Sound Recordist
Piero Umiliani
Music
Don Powell
Songs
Eraldo Martella
Key Grip
Giovanni Sambuco
Gaffer
Armando Bertuccioli
Production Manager
