director pietro germi's delightful marital farce was the first and best in a wave of italian sex comedies of the sixties. this academy award winner takes a hilarious look at love, sex and marriage.
marcello mastroianni stars as a self-centered sicilian nobleman facing a mid-life crisis. he's lost all romantic interest in his wife and becomes obsessed instead with marrying his teenage cousin. in 1960s italy, there is no divorce. so he devises an elaborate scheme for another man to seduce his wife. this would, under italian law, allow him to kill her with impunity in defense of his honor. the choicest scenes are the fantasy murders he imagines and the extraordinary lengths he's willing to go in pursuit of his goal.

Un noble sicilien est amoureux d`une magnifique jeune femme. Mais le divorce est illégal en Italie... Il concocte donc un "divorce à l`italienne": surprendre sa femme dans les bras d`un amant, l`assassiner et, de bon droit, n`écoper que d`un minimum de prison...

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Product details

Director	Pietro Germi
Actor	Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Odoardo Spadaro, Margherita Girelli

Genre	Comedy
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 0
Publication date	04.07.2003
Region code	1
Version	US Version
Year of production	1961
Length	104 Minutes
Audio	Italian (Stereo)
Subtitles	English
Screen	1.85:1

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Pietro Germi

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Comedy

Customer reviews

Che dire..?

Written on 31. October 2007 by Bambada.
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CLASSIC!!
Divorzio all'italiana

Written on 13. November 2003 by Carlo.
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Un grandissimo Marcello Mastroianni...molto sadico e geniale.