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{{short description|1956 Italian film}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = La Donna del Giorno
| name =
| image = La donna del giorno.jpg
| image = La donna del giorno film poster.jpg
| caption =
| caption =
| producer = [[Lorenzo Pegoraro]]
| producer = Lorenzo Pegoraro
| director = [[Francesco Maselli]]
| director = [[Francesco Maselli]]
| writer = [[Franco Bemporad]]<br />[[Cesare Zavattini]]<br />Francesco Maselli<br />Luigi Squarzina<br />Aggeo Savioli
| writer = Franco Bemporad<br />[[Cesare Zavattini]]<br />Francesco Maselli<br />[[Luigi Squarzina]]<br />Aggeo Savioli
| starring = [[Virna Lisi]]
| starring = [[Virna Lisi]]<br>[[Antonio Cifariello]]<br>[[Haya Harareet]]<br>[[Elisa Cegani]]<br>[[Vittorio Sanipoli]]<br>[[Serge Reggiani]]<br>[[Franco Fabrizi]]
| music = [[Mario Zafred]]
| music = [[Mario Zafred]]
| cinematography = [[Armando Nannuzzi]]
| cinematography = [[Armando Nannuzzi]]
| editing = [[Mario Serandrei]]
| editing = [[Mario Serandrei]]
| distributor = [[Medallion Pictures]]
| distributor = Medallion Pictures


| released = {{Film date|1956}}
| released = {{Film date|1956}}
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| language = Italian
| language = Italian
}}
}}
'''''The Doll That Took the Town''''' ({{Langx|it|La donna del giorno|lit=The Woman of the Day}}) is a 1956 Italian [[drama film]] directed by [[Francesco Maselli]] and starring [[Virna Lisi]], [[Haya Harareet]] and [[Franco Fabrizi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rassegna cinematografica [review] |work=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=26 January 1957 |page=6 |via=[[The Wikipedia Library]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=m. g. |title=Sullo schermo |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,0032_01_1957_0033_0004_14069007/ |access-date=4 October 2024 |work=[[La Stampa]] |issue=33 |date=7 February 1957 |page=4}}</ref> For this film Maselli won the award for best young director at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chiti |first1=Roberto |last2=Poppi |first2=Roberto |last3=Lancia |first3=Enrico |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959 |date=1991 |publisher=Gremese Editore |isbn=978-88-7605-548-5 |page=124 |language=it}}</ref>
'''''La donna del giorno''''' (''The Woman of the Day'') is an 1956 Italian drama film starred by [[Virna Lisi]], [[Haya Harareet]] and [[Franco Fabrizi]].


== Plot ==
It is directed by [[Francesco Maselli]] and tells the story of a struggling model who concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the police eventually arrest three suspects.
A struggling model who concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the police eventually arrest three suspects.


== Cast ==
==Cast==


* [[Virna Lisi]]: Liliana
* [[Virna Lisi]] as Liliana
* [[Antonio Cifariello]]: Giorgio Salustri
* [[Antonio Cifariello]] as Giorgio Salustri
* [[Haya Harareet]]: Anna
* [[Haya Harareet]] as Anna
* [[Serge Reggiani]]: Mario Grimaldi
* [[Serge Reggiani]] as Mario Grimaldi
* [[Elisa Cegani]]: Miss Attenni
* [[Elisa Cegani]] as Miss Attenni
* [[Franco Fabrizi]]: Aldo
* [[Franco Fabrizi]] as Aldo
* [[Vittorio Sanipoli]]: Police commissioner
* [[Vittorio Sanipoli]] as Police commissioner
* [[Mario Carotenuto]]: Director
* [[Mario Carotenuto]] as Editor
* [[Giuliano Montaldo]]: Journalist
* [[Marcello Giorda]] as Marcello
* [[Peter Van Wood]]: Himself
* [[Camillo Milli]] as Camillo
* Diego Michelotti as Diego
* [[Giulio Paradisi]] as Giulio
* [[Giuliano Montaldo]] as Journalist
* [[Peter Van Wood]] as Himself


== External links ==
==References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0049155}}
* {{IMDb title|0049155}}


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Latest revision as of 20:50, 6 December 2024

The Doll That Took the Town
Directed byFrancesco Maselli
Written byFranco Bemporad
Cesare Zavattini
Francesco Maselli
Luigi Squarzina
Aggeo Savioli
Produced byLorenzo Pegoraro
StarringVirna Lisi
Antonio Cifariello
Haya Harareet
Elisa Cegani
Vittorio Sanipoli
Serge Reggiani
Franco Fabrizi
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
Edited byMario Serandrei
Music byMario Zafred
Distributed byMedallion Pictures
Release date
  • 1956 (1956)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Doll That Took the Town (Italian: La donna del giorno, lit. 'The Woman of the Day') is a 1956 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Maselli and starring Virna Lisi, Haya Harareet and Franco Fabrizi.[1][2] For this film Maselli won the award for best young director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[3]

Plot

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A struggling model who concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the police eventually arrest three suspects.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Rassegna cinematografica [review]". Corriere della Sera. 26 January 1957. p. 6 – via The Wikipedia Library.
  2. ^ m. g. (7 February 1957). "Sullo schermo". La Stampa. No. 33. p. 4. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  3. ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959 (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 124. ISBN 978-88-7605-548-5.
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