Boccaccio '70

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.

Cast

Marisa Solinas

as Luciana (segment "Renzo e Luciana")

Anita Ekberg

as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")

Romy Schneider

as Pupe (segment "Il lavoro")

Sophia Loren

as Zoe (segment "La riffa")

Germano Gilioli

as Renzo (segment "Renzo e Luciana")

Peppino De Filippo

as Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...")

Tomas Milian

as Conte Ottavio (segment "Il lavoro")

Alfio Vita

as Cuspet (segment "La riffa")

Luigi Giuliani

as Gaetano (segment "La riffa")

Romolo Valli

as Lawyer Zacchi (segment "Il lavoro")

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