The Career of a Chambermaid

The Career of a Chambermaid

111 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Feb. 6, 1976

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.

The Career of a Chambermaid

111 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Feb. 6, 1976

The Career of a Chambermaid
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Dean Film
Original title Telefoni bianchi
Directors Carla Giarè, Claudio Risi, Dino Risi
Writers Bernardino Zapponi, Dino Risi, Ruggero Maccari

Cast

Agostina Belli

as Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris

Cochi Ponzoni

as Roberto Trevisan

Maurizio Arena

as Luciani

William Berger

as Franz

Lino Toffolo

as Gondrano Rossi

Vittorio Gassman

as Franco Denza

Ugo Tognazzi

as Adelmo

Paolo Baroni

as segretario di Marcella

Renato Pozzetto

as Bruno

Alvaro Vitali

as Mario

Franca Stoppi

as la partigiana

Dino Baldazzi

as Benito Mussolini

Eleonora Morana

as madre di Marcella

Laura Trotter

as Loretta Mari

Enrico Marciani

as Bisanti

Giovanni Brusadori

as Il partigiano occhialuto

Edoardo Florio

as Scandiani

Monica Fiorentini

as La cameriera amica di Marcella

Toni Maestri

as il padre di Marcella

Attilio Dottesio

as il partigiano con la barba bianca

Carla Mancini

as Le prostitute in divisa da marinaio

Alberto Postorino

as il padre di Mario

Milla Johansson

as Party guest (uncredited)