The Widower
Nov 20 1959
•1h 27m
•Comedy
Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.
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Alberto Sordi
Alberto Nardi
Franca Valeri
Elvira Almiraghi
Leonora Ruffo
Gioia
Livio Lorenzon
Stucchi
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