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In 1930s Italy, Pasqualino (Giancarlo Giannini), a low-level Sicilian thug, kills a man who disgraced his sister. Pasqualino pleads insanity and manages to escape imprisonment by joining the military, but he decides to go AWOL when things get too heavy. Unfortunately, he soon finds himself stuck in a concentration camp. There, Pasqualino vows to do anything in order to survive -- even if that means seducing an obese, female German camp commandant (Shirley Stoler) or ratting out his own pals.
Original Release
12/20/1975
US Release
01/21/1976
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Giancarlo Giannini | Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze / Pasqualino Frafuso |
Fernando Rey | Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner / Pedro |
Shirley Stoler | The Prison Camp Commandant / Commandant |
Elena Fiore | Concettina, a Sister / Concettina Frafuso |
Piero Di Iorio | Francesco - Pasqualino's comrade / Francesco |
Enzo Vitale | Don Raffaele |
Roberto Herlitzka | Socialist / the socialist |
Lucio Amelio | Lawyer / the lawyer |
Ermelinda De Felice | Signora Frafuso |
Bianca D'Origlia | The Psychiatrist |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Giancarlo Giannini | Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze / Pasqualino Frafuso |
Fernando Rey | Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner / Pedro |
Shirley Stoler | The Prison Camp Commandant / Commandant |
Elena Fiore | Concettina, a Sister / Concettina Frafuso |
Piero Di Iorio | Francesco - Pasqualino's comrade / Francesco |
Enzo Vitale | Don Raffaele |
Roberto Herlitzka | Socialist / the socialist |
Lucio Amelio | Lawyer / the lawyer |
Ermelinda De Felice | Signora Frafuso |
Bianca D'Origlia | The Psychiatrist |
Francesca Marciano | Carolina |
Mario Conti | Totonno |
Barbara Valmorin | The Prison Camp Commandant's Secretary |
Emilio Salvatore | |
Aristide Caporale | Madman |
Pasquale Vitiello | |
Luciano Foti | Kapo |
Veriano Ginesi | Smoking Patient in Aversa |
Adolf Hitler | Self |
Carla Mancini | Worker |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Giancarlo Giannini | Producer |
Arrigo Colombo | Producer |
Lina Wertmuller | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1977 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1977 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1977 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
1977 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
1977 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |