The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment

95 mins | Comedy | Oct. 26, 1961

The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France. It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; Greek Melina Mercouri and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino Ventura. The film was a huge flop, massacred by critics and audiences when it was released. It was filmed in black and white, but the last sequence, the dance at theatre, is in color.

The Last Judgment

95 mins | Comedy | Oct. 26, 1961

The Last Judgment
The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France. It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; Greek Melina Mercouri and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino Ventura. The film was a huge flop, massacred by critics and audiences when it was released. It was filmed in black and white, but the last sequence, the dance at theatre, is in color.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Standard Films
Original title Il giudizio universale
Directors Carla Fierro, Luisa Alessandri, Franco Montemurro, Checco Rissone, Vittorio De Sica
Writers Cesare Zavattini

Cast

Alberto Sordi

as Merchant of children

Vittorio Gassman

as Cimino

Fernandel

as The widower

Nino Manfredi

as Waiter

Silvana Mangano

as Signora Matteoni

Paolo Stoppa

as Giorgio

Renato Rascel

as Coppola

Jack Palance

as Matteoni

Vittorio De Sica

as Defense lawyer

Anouk Aimée

as Giorgio's wife Irene

Lino Ventura

as Giovanna's father

Melina Mercouri

as Foreign lady

Ernest Borgnine

as Pickpocket

Paul Demange

as Miser in Paris

Jimmy Durante

as The man with the large nose

Lamberto Maggiorani

as Poor man

Akim Tamiroff

as Play director

Elli Davis

as The blonde

Georges Rivière

as Gianni

Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón

as l'ambasciatore

Mike Bongiorno

as Self

Eleonora Brown

as Giovanna

Elisa Cegani

as la madre di Giovanna

Franco Franchi

as disoccupato

Ciccio Ingrassia

as disoccupato

Domenico Modugno

as il cantante

Marisa Merlini

as una madre

Andreina Pagnani

as ospite in casa Matteoni

Giuseppe Ianigro

as la personalità

Alberto Bonucci

as ospite in casa Matteoni

Sergio Jossa

as Luca

Lilli Lembo

as annunciatrice Tv

Maria Pia Casilio

as cameriera

Giuseppe Porelli

as l'accompagnatore delle personalità

Edith Peters

as Black Woman

Ugo D'Alessio

as un Pulcinella

Pietro De Vico

as venditore ambulante

Gigi Reder

as il pazzariello

Carlo Taranto

as un giudicato

Salvatore Porcaro

as Boy at the Window (uncredited)