The Career of a Chambermaid
Feb 06 1976
•2h 51m
•Comedy, Romance, Drama
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.
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Agostina Belli
Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris
Cochi Ponzoni
Roberto Trevisan
Maurizio Arena
Luciani
William Berger
Franz
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