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Fantozzi is a 1975 Italian comedy film. It is the first entry in the saga of the unlucky Italian clerk Ugo Fantozzi, always played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. It is considered a cult film.
Along with the first sequel Il secondo tragico Fantozzi, Fantozzi is considered the pinnacle of the series, and it shows the involvement of actors who are likely to come into comic episodes: Plinio Fernando (in make-up in order to act his horrible daughter), Anna Mazzamauro and Gigi Reder, among others. Fantozzi can be seen as symbol of the Italian middle class of the 1970s, unhappy and frustrated at work and with family.
The success of this film and the saga that has generated has remained virtually unchanged among the decades. The film was released on Italian cinemas on 27 March 1975. The song playing on the ending credits, Fantozzi's Ballad, written by Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi and Fabio Frizzi, is sung by Paolo Villaggio himself.
Original Release
03/27/1975
US Release
03/27/1975
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paolo Villaggio | Ugo Fantozzi |
Anna Mazzamauro | Miss Silvani / Signorina Silvani |
Gigi Reder | Filini |
Giuseppe Anatrelli | Luciano Calboni |
Umberto D'Orsi | Count Diego Catellani |
Liù Bosisio | Pina Fantozzi |
Dino Emanuelli | Megaditta Employee |
Plinio Fernando | Mariangela Fantozzi |
Paolo Paoloni | Duke Count Maria Rita Vittorio Balabam |
Elena Tricoli | Countess Alfonsina Serbelloni Mazzanti Viendalmare |
Directors
Writers
Paolo Villaggio, Luciano Salce, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paolo Villaggio | Ugo Fantozzi |
Anna Mazzamauro | Miss Silvani / Signorina Silvani |
Gigi Reder | Filini |
Giuseppe Anatrelli | Luciano Calboni |
Umberto D'Orsi | Count Diego Catellani |
Liù Bosisio | Pina Fantozzi |
Dino Emanuelli | Megaditta Employee |
Plinio Fernando | Mariangela Fantozzi |
Paolo Paoloni | Duke Count Maria Rita Vittorio Balabam |
Elena Tricoli | Countess Alfonsina Serbelloni Mazzanti Viendalmare |
Pietro Zardini | Fonelli |
Artemio Antonini | Rude Guy #2 |
Amerigo Alberani | Megaditta Employee |
Mirko Baiocchi | Canello |
Luciano Bonanni | Japanese Restaurant Client |
Nani Colombaioni | New Year Party Waiter |
Willy Colombaioni | |
Iolanda Fortini | Teresa Catellani |
Ettore Geri | Megaditta Executive |
Ivano Gobbo | Folagra |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Giovanni Bertolucci | Executive Producer |
Giovanni Bertolucci | Producer |
Aldo U. Passalacqua | Producer |