The Lady Has Been Raped
| The Lady Has Been Raped | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Vittorio Sindoni |
| Written by | Ghigo De Chiara |
| Produced by | Vittorio Sindoni Roel Bos |
| Starring | Pamela Tiffin Carlo Giuffré Enrico Montesano |
| Cinematography | Safai Teherani |
| Edited by | Maurizio Faggiani |
| Music by | Grenfield and Cook |
| Distributed by | P.A.C. |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Lady Has Been Raped (Italian: La signora è stata violentata) is a 1973 comedy directed by Vittorio Sindoni and starring Pamela Tiffin and Carlo Giuffré.
Plot
Cast
- Pamela Tiffin as Pamela Traversi
- Carlo Giuffré as Sandro Traversi
- Enrico Montesano as Father O'Connor
- Ninetto Davoli as Palla
- Gigi Ballista as Parini
- Dominique Boschero as Viviane
- Leopoldo Trieste as Professor Barone
- Giuseppe Maffioli as Professor Valenti
- Franco Fabrizi as the photographer
- Luciano Salce as the bishop
- Armando Bandini as Lama
- Enzo Robutti as the private investigator
- Angela Pagano as the prostitute
- Consuelo Pilar as Parini's wife
- Shamsuddin Abul Kalam as Dr. Samai
- Giuliano Sestili as Mr. Martino
- Liù Bosisio as Miss Valenti
- Orazio Stracuzzi as Alvaro
- Gino Pagnani as Tommasino
- Willy Moser as Patrick
- Carla Mancini as the nun
Production
The film was produced by Vittorio Sindoni with actor Glenn Saxson, here credited with his birth name Roel Bos.[1] It was shot between Rome and Amsterdam.[1] It marked the second collaboration between Sindoni and Pamela Tiffin.[1][2] Tiffin used a body-double in her nude scenes.[2] It also was the first film of Enrico Montesano following the termination of his contract with Dino De Laurentiis and the ensuing lawsuit.[1]
Release
The film was released in Italian cinemas by P.A.C. in November 1973.[1]
Reception
The film was a surprise box office success, grossing over 894 million lire.[1][2] It was generally badly received by critics.[1][2] Paolo Mereghetti panned it, describing it as "a farce that aims to satirize masculine insecurities and consequences of Catholic upbringing, [...] but the screenplay [...] goes no further than a few easy misunderstandings about infidelity and cassocks, and the all-too-easy availability of women.".[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Giusti, Marco (2019). "La signora è stata violentata". Dizionario Stracult della commedia sexy. Bloodbuster edizioni. pp. 424–5. ISBN 978-88-943385-3-9.
- ^ a b c d Lisanti, Tom (2015). Pamela Tiffin: Hollywood to Rome, 1961–1974. McFarland & Co. pp. 227–8. ISBN 978-0-7864-9661-7.
- ^ Mereghetti, Paolo (2010). "La signora è stata violentata". Il Mereghetti 2011. Vol. 2. Baldini Castoldi Dalai. ISBN 978-88-6073-626-0.