The Career of a Chambermaid

The Career of a Chambermaid

This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.

Cast for The Career of a Chambermaid...

Agostina Belli
Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris
Cochi Ponzoni
Roberto Trevisan
Lino Toffolo
Gondrano Rossi
Vittorio Gassman
Franco Denza
Paolo Baroni
segretario di Marcella
Franca Stoppi
la partigiana
Dino Baldazzi
Benito Mussolini
Eleonora Morana
madre di Marcella
Laura Trotter
Loretta Mari
Giovanni Brusadori
Il partigiano occhialuto
Monica Fiorentini
La cameriera amica di Marcella
Toni Maestri
il padre di Marcella
Attilio Dottesio
il partigiano con la barba bianca
Carla Mancini
Le prostitute in divisa da marinaio
Alberto Postorino
il padre di Mario
Milla Johansson
Party guest (uncredited)