It Happened in the Park

It Happened in the Park

93 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 18, 1953

Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there.

It Happened in the Park

93 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 18, 1953

It Happened in the Park
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Diana Cinematografica, Productions Sigma, Cine Produzione Astoria
Original title Villa Borghese
Directors Maddalena De Francesco, Gérard Ducaux-Rupp, Paolo Spinola, Gianni Franciolini, Giorgio Capitani
Writers Ercole Patti, Armando Curcio, Liana Ferri, Rodolfo Sonego, Giorgio Bassani, Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci, Ennio Flaiano, Sergio Amidei

Cast

Eduardo De Filippo

as Donato Ventrella (segment: Il paraninfo)

Vittorio De Sica

as Arturo Cavazzuti - the lawyer (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)

Anna Maria Ferrero

as Anna Maria Del Balzo (segment: Pi-greco)

François Périer

as The Greek professor (segment: Pi-greco)

Gérard Philipe

as Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)

Micheline Presle

as Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)

Eloisa Cianni

as Antonietta Torresi (segment: Concorso di bellezza)

Maurizio Arena

as Virginia's boyfriend (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)

Annamaria Bugliari

as Self (segment: Concorso di bellezza)

Antonio Cifariello

as The Sailor

Clara Crispo

as Virginia's mother (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)

Dino Curcio

as Benjamin - an accountant

Uta Franz

as The French babysitter (segment: Serve e soldati)

Aldo Giuffrè

as Attilio Scardaci - the vigilante (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)

Leda Gloria

as Mrs. Ventrella - Donato's wife (segment: Il paraninfo)

Guglielmo Inglese

as Benjamin's uncle (segment: Il paraninfo)

Barbara Man

as The Swedish babysitter (segment: Serve e soldati)

Mario Passante

as Commendator Mocchetti

Giovanna Ralli

as Virginia (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)

Giulia Rubini

as Marietta (segment: Serve e soldati)

Luigi Russo

as Tanino - the soldier (segment: Serve e soldati)

Enzo Turco

as The matchmaker (segment: Il paraninfo)

Enrico Viarisio

as The engineer - client of Elvira (segment: Concorso di bellezza)

Alberto Bonucci

as The presenter of the beauty contest (segment: Concorso di bellezza)

Vittorio Caprioli

as The commissioner of morality (segment: Concorso di bellezza)

Franca Valeri

as Elvira (segment: Concorso di bellezza)

Margherita Autuori

as Fanny Ventrella (segment: Il paraninfo)

Milvia Chianelli

as The babysitter who describes her mistress's dress (segment: Serve e soldati) (uncredited)

Vittoria Crispo

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Cesare Fantoni

as The local manager (segment: Concorso di bellezza) (uncredited)

Rossana Galli

as Competitor # 2 in the beauty contest (segment: Concorso di bellezza) (uncredited)

Piero Giagnoni

as A child (segment: Serve e soldati) (uncredited)

Terence Hill

as A school friend of Anna Maria (segment: Pi-greco) (uncredited)

Ileana Lauro

as Bit part (uncredited)

Sandro Lorenzini

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Marcella Mariani

as Marcella (uncredited)

Franco Marturano

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Franco Migliacci

as Anna Maria's classmate (segment: Pi-greco) (uncredited)

Gilda Moro

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Germana Paolieri

as Gemma (segment: Concorso di bellezza) (uncredited)

Maria Piazzai

as Competitor # 3 in the beauty contest (segment: Concorso di bellezza) (uncredited)

Sandro Pistolini

as The Little Boy with Marietta (uncredited)

Sandro Postino

as The boy with Marietta (segment: Serve e soldati) (uncredited)

Giovanni Robbiano

as Bit part (uncredited)

Gina Rovere

as A contestant in the beauty contest (segment: Concorso di bellezza) (uncredited)

Maria Grazia Sandri

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Gioia Wheller

as Bit Part (uncredited)