The Queens
Cast & Crew
Monica Vitti
Enrico Maria Salerno
Franco Balducci
Renzo Giovampietro
Claudia Cardinale
Gastone Moschin
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Synopsis
QUEEN SABINA: While hitchhiking home from the beach, Sabina arouses two motorists, who attempt to rape her. Rescued from the second assault by Gianni, a third driver, she finds herself becoming increasingly stimulated. Finally overcome by passion, Sabina chases Gianni through the woods. QUEEN ARMENIA: Armenia, a young gypsy woman who lives in a room with a juke box, uses friends' babies in various ways to make money. At first her advances to pediatrician Dr. Aldini are rebuffed, but when he succumbs and eventually becomes enamored of her, Armenia runs away with a truck driver. QUEEN ELENA: While her husband, Alberto, naps in the garden, Elena seduces Luigi, a handsome neighbor. Amazed at the ease with which the dalliance has been conducted, Luigi returns home to his wife, Claudia, who is calmly making love with one of their male friends. QUEEN MARTA: At a house party, Marta, a society woman, gets drunk and seduces Giovanni, a butler hired for the occasion. When Giovanni is hired by Marta's husband as a chauffeur the following morning, she appears to have no recollection of the previous evening. The servant still anticipates many evenings alone with his mistress, but after another passionate evening together, Marta again claims no knowledge of the affair and reacts angrily to Giovanni's further advances. Finally aware of the convenient games her memory plays, Giovanni decides to follow her lead and be aloof, confident that another drunken evening will soon occur.
Cast
Monica Vitti
Enrico Maria Salerno
Franco Balducci
Renzo Giovampietro
Claudia Cardinale
Gastone Moschin
Raquel Welch
Jean Sorel
Pia Lindstrom
Massimo Fornari
Clothilde Sakharoff
Stelvio Rosi
Capucine
Alberto Sordi
Anthony Steel
Gigi Ballista
Olga Villi
Nino Marchetti
Crew
Nino Baragli
Leonida Barboni
Mauro Bolognini
Suso Cecchi D'amico
Mario Chiari
Carlo Di Palma
Dario Di Palma
Franco Fraticelli
Piero Gherardi
Ennio Guarnieri
Tonino Guerra
Mai Harris
Gianni Hecht Lucari
Franco Indovina
Massimo Jaboni
Mariano Laurenti
M. C. S. Lodolo
Ruggero Maccari
Luigi Magni
Renzo Marignano
Ruggero Mastroianni
Mario Monicelli
Sergio Montanari
Armando Nannuzzi
Fernando Pescetelli
Antonio Pietrangeli
Pier Luigi Pizzi
Luigi Sabatelli
Luciano Salce
Luciano Salce
Giorgio Salvioni
Fausto Saraceni
Rodolfo Sonego
Augusto Troiani
Armando Trovajoli
Marcello Ugolini
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Opened in Rome in November 1966 as Le fate; in Paris in July 1967 as Les ogresses; running time: 100 min. The four episodes May have also been titled "The Hitchhiker," "The Room With a Juke Box," "The Digestive Tablet," and "Giovanni."
