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The Monsters
The Monsters

The Monsters

14 Happenings! Wild! Weird! Wonderful!

Genres

Comedy

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The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

123 mins

Rating

7.357/10

Release Date

30 October 1963

Country

France

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi

Ugo Tognazzi

The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")

Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lando Buzzanca

Lando Buzzanca

Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Marisa Merlini

Marisa Merlini

Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Rika Dialina

Rika Dialina

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Michèle Mercier

Michèle Mercier

The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Marino Masé

Marino Masé

The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Franco Castellani

Franco Castellani

Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")

Maria Mannelli

Maria Mannelli

Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")

Mario Laurentino

Mario Laurentino

The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Angela Portaluri

Angela Portaluri

Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Carlo Kechler

Carlo Kechler

Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Ugo Attanasio

Ugo Attanasio

General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Luciana Vincenzi

Luciana Vincenzi

Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")

Carlo Bagno

Carlo Bagno

Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Daniele Vargas

Daniele Vargas

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Françoise Leroy

Françoise Leroy

Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Sal Borgese

Sal Borgese

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Maria Luisa Rispoli

Maria Luisa Rispoli

Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")

Riccardo Paladini

Riccardo Paladini

Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")

Mario Brega

Mario Brega

Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Nino Nini

Nino Nini

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ottavio Panunzi

Ottavio Panunzi

Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lucia Modugno

Lucia Modugno

Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Anna Lina Alberti

Anna Lina Alberti

Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited)

Franco Caracciolo

Franco Caracciolo

Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Mario Cecchi Gori

Mario Cecchi Gori

Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)

Roberto Chevalier

Roberto Chevalier

(segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)

Rosemary Dexter

Rosemary Dexter

Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)

Thea Fleming

Thea Fleming

Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)

Mario Frera

Mario Frera

The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Corrado Gaipa

Corrado Gaipa

Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Veriano Ginesi

Veriano Ginesi

Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited)

Carlo Giuffrè

Carlo Giuffrè

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio Guidi

Antonio Guidi

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Jacques Herlin

Jacques Herlin

Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited)

Renato Izzo

Renato Izzo

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Grammar Judge (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio La Raina

Antonio La Raina

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited)

Elisa Mainardi

Elisa Mainardi

The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

Pat O'Hara

The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Quinto Parmeggiani

Quinto Parmeggiani

The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited)

Carmen Pericolo

Carmen Pericolo

Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited)

Carlo Reali

Carlo Reali

Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)

Jean Rougeul

Jean Rougeul

Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited)

Stefano Satta Flores

Stefano Satta Flores

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)

Leonardo Severini

Leonardo Severini

Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo

Edoardo Toniolo

(segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Yacinto Yaria

Yacinto Yaria

Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Efi Kamper

Efi Kamper

Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)

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