Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

112 mins | Comedy | Oct. 28, 1976

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. An English language lesson turns into a killing of a black dignitary of an embassy by a CIA agent and then into his own killing by another colleague. In a television film, the police are befooled by a fake bomb and put a real one in order not to be derided by the public. In a film inquisition show, the bishop of Naples speaks highly of the importance of the family, but a child who lives a miserable family life kills himself. In the debate that follows it is proposed that they should eat the children, as Swift had said. In the next episode, a general who is in the toilet is called for the NATO parade, but the flasher breaks and in his effort to fix it, he dirts allover and kills himself. In a children's show an inspector finds excuses and delays the arrest of a powerful man...

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

112 mins | Comedy | Oct. 28, 1976

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. An English language lesson turns into a killing of a black dignitary of an embassy by a CIA agent and then into his own killing by another colleague. In a television film, the police are befooled by a fake bomb and put a real one in order not to be derided by the public. In a film inquisition show, the bishop of Naples speaks highly of the importance of the family, but a child who lives a miserable family life kills himself. In the debate that follows it is proposed that they should eat the children, as Swift had said. In the next episode, a general who is in the toilet is called for the NATO parade, but the flasher breaks and in his effort to fix it, he dirts allover and kills himself. In a children's show an inspector finds excuses and delays the arrest of a powerful man...

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni

as Paolo T. Fiume

Vittorio Gassman

as CIA agent / Tuttumpezzo

Adolfo Celi

as Vladimiro Palese

Senta Berger

as Wife of Vladimiro Palese

Ugo Tognazzi

as General in toilet

Paolo Villaggio

as prof. Schmidt / presentatore quiz

Nino Manfredi

as Cardinale Caprettari

Alberto Postorino

as Crescenti

Lucretia Love

as English Teacher

Monica Guerritore

as Assistente di Paolo

Felice Andreasi

as Valletto

Andréa Ferréol

as Edvige

Sergio Graziani

as Cardinale Canareggio

Mario Scaccia

as Cardinale Piazza-Colonna

Franco Scandurra

as Cardinale decano

Carlo Croccolo

as Questore

Eros Pagni

as Commissario Pertinace

Gianfranco Barra

as Portiere Nocella

Renzo Marignano

as Intervistatore a Milano

Franco Diogene

as Salumiere a Milano

Angelo Pellegrino

as Giornalista

Camillo Milli

as Capitano La Pattuglia

Luca Sportelli

as Onorevole Lo Bove

Rocco Loschiavo

as Recording Engineer

Giovannella Grifeo

as TV Assistant

Carlo Bagno

as signor Macaluso

Gabriella Farinon

as intervistatrice

Luigi Uzzo

as funzionario di polizia

Maria D'Incoronato

as Announcer (uncredited)

Mario Pascucci

as Cardinal (uncredited)

Lamberto Solfa

as Man Speaking with the Judge (uncredited)

Giacomo Rizzo

as TV Cameraman (uncredited)