Donatella (film)

1956 film

Donatella

Film poster

Directed by| Mario Monicelli
Written by| Roberto Amoroso
Sandro Continenza
Ruggero Maccari
Mario Monicelli
Piero Tellini
Produced by| Roberto Amoroso
Starring| Elsa Martinelli
Cinematography| Tonino Delli Colli
Music by| Gino Filippini
Distributed by| Variety Distribution

Release date

* 1956 (1956)

Running time

| 103 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Elsa Martinelli as Donatella

Donatella is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival Elsa Martinelli won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.[1]

## Plot

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Donatella is a simple and honest Roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady who offers Donatella a job as a secretary as a reward: she has to manage the lady's villa during her absences, a job that does not require any particular commitment and allows Donatella to live for a while in the high society, unknown to her. Donatella casually meets Maurizio, a rich, elegant and well-educated young man, and ends up falling in love. When Maurizio discovers the humble origins of Donatella, he thinks that she has deceived him; but then he is convinced of Donatella's good faith, and thanks also to Guido's honesty, who acknowledges that he is not the right man for Donatella and agrees to leave her free, Donatella and Maurizio end up marrying.

## Cast

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* Elsa Martinelli as Donatella
* Gabriele Ferzetti as Maurizio
* Walter Chiari as Guido
* Liliana Bonfatti as The veterinarian's nurse
* Alan Furlan as Giancarlo
* Virgilio Riento
* Giuseppe Porelli as Pasquale
* Giovanna Pala
* Aldo Fabrizi as Donatella's father
* Gaby André
* Xavier Cugat as himself
* Abbe Lane as herself

## References

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1. ^ "6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2009.

## External links

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* Donatella at IMDb
* Donatella at Variety Distribution

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Films directed by Mario Monicelli

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* Summer Rain (1937)
* Toto Looks for a House (1949)
* A Night of Fame (1949)
* A Dog's Life (1950)
* The Knight Has Arrived! (1950)
* Cops and Robbers (1951)
* Toto and the King of Rome (1952)
* Toto and the Women (1952)
* The Unfaithfuls (1953)
* Proibito (1954)
* A Hero of Our Times (1955)
* Toto and Carolina (1955)
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* Doctor and the Healer (1957)
* Fathers and Sons (1957)
* Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
* The Great War (1959)
* The Passionate Thief (1960)
* Boccaccio '70 (1962)
* The Organizer (1963)
* High Infidelity (1964)
* Casanova 70 (1965)
* Sex Quartet (1966)
* L'armata Brancaleone (1966)
* The Girl with the Pistol (1968)
* Caprice Italian Style (1968)
* Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969)
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* Le coppie (1970)
* Lady Liberty (1971)
* We Want the Colonels (1973)
* Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974)
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* Caro Michele (1976)
* Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
* An Average Little Man (1977)
* I nuovi mostri (1977)
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