| I Knew Her Well | |
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| Io la conoscevo bene | |
| Directed by | Antonio Pietrangeli |
| Written by | Antonio Pietrangeli Ruggero Maccari Ettore Scola |
| Produced by | Turi Vasile |
| Starring | Stefania Sandrelli Mario Adorf Jean-Claude Brialy Nino Manfredi Enrico Maria Salerno Ugo Tognazzi Karin Dor Franco Fabrizi Turi Ferro Joachim Fuchsberger Robert Hoffmann Franco Nero Véronique Vendell |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
| Music by | Benedetto Ghiglia Piero Piccioni |
| Distributed by | Titanus |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 115 minutes 97 minutes (France, Spain, West Germany) |
| Countries | Italy France West Germany |
| Language | Italian |
I Knew Her Well (Italian: Io la conoscevo bene) is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli.
In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."
Plot synopsis
Adriana (Stefania Sandrelli) is a provincial Italian young woman who moves to Rome because she wants to be a celebrity.
Cast
- Stefania Sandrelli as Adriana Astarelli
- Mario Adorf as Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Dario Marchionni
- Joachim Fuchsberger as The Writer
- Nino Manfredi as Cianfanna
- Enrico Maria Salerno as Roberto
- Ugo Tognazzi as Gigi Baggini
- Karin Dor as Barbara, the lady friend of Adriana
- Franco Fabrizi as Paganelli
- Turi Ferro as Il commissario
- Robert Hoffmann as Antonio Marais
- Franco Nero as Italo - The garage attendant
- Véronique Vendell as Alice Stendhal (credited as Veronique Vendell)
- Franca Polesello as Maria - The usherette
- Renato Terra as Man in the caravan (credited as Renato Terra Caizzi)
Soundtrack
- "L'Eclisse twist"
- Performed by Mina
- "Addio"
- Performed by Mina
- "Ogni giorno che passa"
- Performed by Mia Genberg
- "Le stelle d'oro"
- Performed by Peppino Di Capri
- "Sweet William"
- Performed by Millie
- "Surf della Frusta"
- "Oggi e domenica per noi"
- Performed by Sergio Endrigo
- "Mani bucate"
- Performed by Sergio Endrigo
- "Lasciati baciare col Letkiss"
- Performed by Gemelle Kessler
- "Roberta"
- Performed by Peppino Di Capri
- "What Am I Living For"
- Performed by Millie
- "More"
- Performed by Gilbert Bécaud
- "E se domani"
- Performed by Mina
- "Abbracciami forte"
- Performed by Ornella Vanoni
- "Dimmi la verità"
- Performed by Sergio Endrigo
- "Toi"
- Performed by Gilbert Bécaud
- "Let Kiss"
- Orchestrated by Yvar Sanna
Awards
- Three Nastro d'Argento awards: Best Director, Best Script, and Best Supporting Actor (Ugo Tognazzi).
- Pietrangeli was named Best Director at the Mar del Plata Film Festival
References
- "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
External links
- I Knew Her Well at IMDb
- I Knew Her Well: City Girl an essay by Alexander Stille at the Criterion Collection
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