Lazzarella (film)

Lazzarella
Directed by	Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Written by	Riccardo Pazzaglia Giorgio Prosperi Ugo Guerra
Story by	Riccardo Pazzaglia
Starring	Alessandra Panaro Terence Hill
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Cinematography	Raffaele Masciocchi
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Distributed by	Titanus
Release dates	1957
Language	Italian

Lazzarella, is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Alessandra Panaro and Mario Girotti (later best known as Terence Hill). It is loosely inspired by the lyrics of the song "Lazzarella" by Riccardo Pazzaglia and Domenico Modugno, with the same Pazzaglia serving as a screenwriter.^[1] The film was a box office success, being the tenth most viewed film in the 1957/58 season in Italy.^[2]

Cast

• Alessandra Panaro as Sandra de Luca aka Lazzarella
• Mario Girotti as Luciano Prisco
• Rossella Como as Fanny
• Luigi De Filippo as Baron Nicola Sant'Elmo
• Domenico Modugno as Mimì
• Irène Tunc as Brigitte Clermont
• Tina Pica as Widow Capuana
• Dolores Palumbo as Donna Carmela
• Aurelio Fierro as Aurelio
• Madeleine Fischer as Sandra's mother
• Riccardo Garrone as Sandra's father
• Turi Pandolfini as Professor Avallone
• Mario Ambrosino as Scognamiglio
• Roy Ciccolini as Fernando

References

1. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
2. Anita Pesce, Marialuisa Stazio. La canzone napoletana. Tra memoria e innovazione. CNR. Istituto di Studi sulle Società del Mediterraneo, 2013. ISBN 8890950005.

External links

• Lazzarella at the Internet Movie Database