The Temptation of Dr. Antonio

Feb 23, 1962

0h 55m

★ 7.0

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Overview

Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo obsessively fights against what he perceives as immorality in Rome, only to be driven mad by a seductive billboard of Anita Ekberg that haunts him with hallucinations.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Cineriz

Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica

gray-film

Francinex

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Cast

Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo

Peppino De Filippo

Anita

Anita Ekberg

Commendatore La Pappa (uncredited)

Antonio Acqua

Secretary of Monsignore (uncredited)

Silvio Bagolini

Engineer in the Car (uncredited)

Ciccio Barbi

Red Priest (uncredited)

Lars Bloch

Woman Dancing (...) Under the Ekberg Billboard (uncredited)

Ermelinda De Felice

Donatella - Mazzuolo's Sister (uncredited)

Donatella Della Nora

Narrator (uncredited)

Isa Di Marzio

Worker (uncredited)

Giacomo Furia

Jazz Musician (uncredited)

Carlo Latimer

Foreman (uncredited)

Dante Maggio

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