Marriage Italian Style [Blu-ray]

Director: Vittorio de Sica Vittorio de Sica

Overview

In flashback, Domenico (Marcello Mastroianni) recalls his wartime romance with Filumena (Sophia Loren). He is so enamored with her that he finances her escape from the bordello where she lives and sets her up with a good job in the restaurant that he owns, and later finds a place for her on his mother's domestic staff. He is not, however, enamored enough to make their union legal, and expects Filumena to behave like a servant by day and his mistress by night. Years later, Filumena lies on her deathbed. The contrite Domenico finally consents to marry her. Not only does she make a full recovery, but she brings her three grown sons to live with the nonplused Domenico after the wedding. He tries to weasel out of the arrangement, but is mollified by Filumena's insistence that all three boys are his sons. Thus, after nearly twenty years' servitude, Filumena is at last in a position to call the shots. Sold to American distributors on the basis of Sophia Loren's revealing costumes (some of these absolutely defy the laws of gravity), Marriage Italian Style remains a warm and spicy concoction today, even after years of less expert imitations. The film was based on Filumena Marturano by Eduardo de Filipo.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/17/2011
UPC:	0738329074722
Original Release:	1964
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kino Lorber
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	27,739

Special Features

Trailers ; Theatrical promo; Stills gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sophia Loren	Filumena Marturano
Marcello Mastroianni	Domenico Soriano
Tecla Scarano	Rosalia
Aldo Puglisi	Alfredo
Marilu Tolo	Diana
Giovanni Ridolfi	Umberto,Umberto
Vito Moriconi	Riccardo
Generoso Cortini	Michele
Raffaello Rossi Bussola	Avvocato Nocella
Vincenza Di Capua	Matilde
Vincenzo Aita	Don Alfonso
Pia Lindstrom	Actor
Lino Mattera	Actor
Alfio Vita	Una pasticcere
Pia Lindström	Cashier
Armando Trovajoli	Composer

Technical Credits

Renato Castellani

Tonino Guerra

Leonardo Benvenuti

Piero De Bernardi

Eduardo De Filippo

Vittorio de Sica	Director
Renato Castellani	Screenwriter
Tonino Guerra	Screenwriter
Leonardo Benvenuti	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Piero De Bernardi	Screenwriter
Carlo Ponti	Producer
Eduardo De Filippo	Screenwriter
Joseph E. Levine	Executive Producer,Producer