Polvere di stelle - Misplaced Pages

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Polvere di stelle" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

1973 Italian film

Polvere di stelle

Directed by	Alberto Sordi
Written by	Ruggero Maccari Bernardino Zapponi Alberto Sordi
Produced by	Fida
Starring	Alberto Sordi Monica Vitti John Phillip Law
Cinematography	Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Raimondo Crociani
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	CINERIZ - Rizzoli Film
Release date	1973 (1973) (Italy)
Running time	142 min 125 min (cut edition)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Polvere di stelle (Stardust) is a 1973 Italian film which was directed by Alberto Sordi. It starred Alberto Sordi and Monica Vitti.

Plot

Mimmo Adami and Dea Dani are local professional dancers in the impoverished Italy of the Second World War. Their lives change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their town hoping to be entertained in accordance with the Broadway style. Effectively, they perform up to their expectations. However, as the army men have to march northward, the moment of glory of Mimmo and Dea finishes heartlessly.

Cast

Alberto Sordi: Mimmo Adami
Monica Vitti: Dea Dani
John Phillip Law: John
Edoardo Faieta: Don Ciccio Caracioni
Wanda Osiris: Herself
Carlo Dapporto: Himself
Franco Angrisano: Fascist Party Secretary
Franca Scagnetti: Don Ciccio's Aunt

Awards

1974 David di Donatello award for Best Actress: Monica Vitti

External links

Polvere di stelle at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Alberto Sordi
Fumo di Londra (1966) Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966) An Italian in America (1967) Help Me, My Love (1969) Le coppie (1970, segment "La camera") Polvere di stelle (1973) While There's War There's Hope (1974) A Common Sense of Modesty (1976) Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978, segment "Le vacanze intelligenti") Catherine and I (1980) I Know That You Know That I Know (1982) Journey with Papa (1982) Il tassinaro (1983) Everybody in Jail (1984) Un tassinaro a New York (1987) Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed (1992) Nestore, l'ultima corsa (1994) Incontri proibiti (1998)

Films directed by Alberto Sordi

Fumo di Londra (1966)
Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966)
An Italian in America (1967)
Help Me, My Love (1969)
Le coppie (1970, segment "La camera")
Polvere di stelle (1973)
While There's War There's Hope (1974)
A Common Sense of Modesty (1976)
Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978, segment "Le vacanze intelligenti")
Catherine and I (1980)
I Know That You Know That I Know (1982)
Journey with Papa (1982)
Il tassinaro (1983)
Everybody in Jail (1984)
Un tassinaro a New York (1987)
Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed (1992)
Nestore, l'ultima corsa (1994)
Incontri proibiti (1998)

This article related to an Italian comedy film of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: