Polvere di stelle

1973 Italian film

Ruggero Maccari
Bernardino Zapponi
Alberto Sordi

Produced byFidaStarring

Alberto Sordi
Monica Vitti
John Phillip Law

CinematographyFranco Di GiacomoEdited byRaimondo CrocianiMusic byPiero PiccioniDistributed byCINERIZ - Rizzoli Film

Release date

Italy - 1973

Running time

142 min
125 min (cut edition)CountryItalyLanguageItalian

Polvere di stelle (Stardust) is a 1973 Italian film which was directed by Alberto Sordi. It starred Alberto Sordi and Monica Vitti.

Plot

Mimmo Adami and Dea Dani are local professional dancers in the impoverished Italy of the Second World War. Their lives change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their town hoping to be entertained in accordance with the Broadway style. Effectively, they perform up to their expectations. However, as the army men have to march northward, the moment of glory of Mimmo and Dea finishes heartlessly.

Cast

Alberto Sordi: Mimmo Adami
Monica Vitti: Dea Dani
John Phillip Law: John
Edoardo Faieta: Don Ciccio Caracioni
Wanda Osiris: Herself
Carlo Dapporto: Himself
Franco Angrisano: Fascist Party Secretary
Franca Scagnetti: Don Ciccio's Aunt

Awards

1974 David di Donatello award for Best Actress: Monica Vitti

External links

Polvere di stelle at IMDb

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Films directed by Alberto Sordi

Fumo di Londra (1966)
Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966)
An Italian in America (1967)
Help Me, My Love (1969)
Le coppie (1970, segment "La camera")
Polvere di stelle (1973)
While There's War There's Hope (1974)
Il comune senso del pudore (1976)
Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978, segment "Le vacanze intelligenti")
Catherine and I (1980)
I Know That You Know That I Know (1982)
Journey with Papa (1982)
Il tassinaro (1983)
Everybody in Jail (1984)
Un tassinaro a New York (1987)
Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed (1992)
Nestore, l'ultima corsa (1994)
Incontri proibiti (1998)

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