To Bed or Not To Bed
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Cast & Crew
Gian Luigi Polidoro
Alberto Sordi
Bernhard Tarschys
Inger Sjöstrand
Ulf Palme
Ulla Smidje
Film Details
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Synopsis
Amadeo Ferretti, a fur buyer, lives a quiet life with his wife and family in a small Italian town. An auction in Stockholm takes him on his first long trip away from home, and he begins to imagine that he will be overwhelmed by beautiful Swedish girls. On the ferry ride, Amadeo meets a German scientist, Professor Mayer, who is going to the Nobel Prize presentations, and Amadeo arranges to meet him there. When he first arrives, Amadeo meets a friendly girl but is dismayed to learn that she is only 13 years old. Then he meets Eva and invites her to his hotel room for a drink, but he is disappointed when she leaves after a casual chat. At the Nobel Prize presentations the next day, Amadeo becomes bored and meets another woman, Brigetta, who invites him to a party at her house, where he learns that she is happily married. Amadeo's next encounter is with Carina, who takes him to a sauna, where he faints from exhaustion after rolling naked in the snow. Finally, he meets Katia, and they enter a race riding battered cars across a frozen lake. When the ice breaks, they are rescued by helicopters, and Amadeo is happy to return to his wife and family at home.
Director
Gian Luigi Polidoro
Cast
Alberto Sordi
Bernhard Tarschys
Inger Sjöstrand
Ulf Palme
Ulla Smidje
Gunoild Gustavson
Barbro Wastenson
Gunilla Elm-törnkvist
Lauritz Falk
Anne-charlotte Sjöberg
Monica Wastenson
Ulla Andersson
Inger Auer
Catherina Norden-falk
Crew
Vana Caruso
Tatiana Casini
Dino De Laurentiis
Marinella Giorgi
Bruno Moreal
Giorgio Morra
Piero Piccioni
Luigi Salvi
Rodolfo Sonego
Aldo Tonti
Herman G. Weinberg
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in Sweden. Opened in Rome in April 1963 as Il diavolo; also known as Amore in Stockholm.
Miscellaneous Notes
1963 Golden Globe Award Winner for Best Actor - comedy/musical (Sordi).
Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 1963 Berlin Film Festival.
Shown at the Berlin Film Festival July 1963
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