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The Monsters(1963)
Status: Released
Date: 1963-10-30
74%
181 Votes
Time: 2h 3m
14 Happenings! Wild! Weird! Wonderful!
Overview:
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Fair Film
Incei Film
Mountfluor Film
Dicifrance
Movie: The Monsters
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ugo Tognazzi
The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")
Vittorio Gassman
The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
Lando Buzzanca
Luchino (segment "Come un padre")
Marisa Merlini
Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")
Ρίκα Διαλυνά
Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")
Michèle Mercier
The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")
Marino Masé
The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")
Mario Laurentino
The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")
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