Il corpo della ragassa

Sep 21, 1979

1h 40m

★ 3.2

Overview

Ulderico Quario hires as servant a very beautiful young woman Teresa. Ulderico decides to proceed like a new Pygmalion and he sets about teaching her the art of seductions. But Teresa together with Cecchina start using these newfound skills to persuade Ulderico to marry her in order to claim his inheritance.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Filmauro

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Cast

Professor Ulderico Quario

Enrico Maria Salerno

Teresa Aguzzi

Lilli Carati

Cecchina

Marisa Belli

Caterina

Elsa Vazzoler

Erminio Alvarini

Nino Bignamini

Procurer

Clara Colosimo

Laura Marengo

Giuliana Calandra

Giovanni

Gino Pernice

Pasquale Aguzzi

Renzo Montagnani

Prostitute (uncredited)

Maria Pia Cafiero

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