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Die Gespielinnen (Original title: Le fate ) is an Italian-French episodic feature film by the directors Mario Monicelli , Mauro Bolognini , Antonio Pietrangeli and Luciano Salce from 1966. The script was written by Suso Cecchi D'Amico , Ruggero Maccari , Roberto Sonego , Rodolfo Sonego and Luigi Magni . The main roles are cast with Monica Vitti , Claudia Cardinale , Raquel Welch and Capucine . The work was first released in Italy on November 22, 1966, and in the Federal Republic of Germany on August 31, 1967.
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Episode I: Sabina
Sabina, whose real or mock naivety stands in stark contrast to her way of life and her light clothing, can hardly help hitchhiking the intrusive cavaliers. But when she catches a driver who is rushing to his lover and therefore has no eyes for the slut next to him, she takes the initiative, almost offended: "Chase through the forest" in reverse order.
Episode II: Armenia
Armenia, a long-maned gypsy and an enterprising nature child, cheekily and boldly repeatedly brings the shy Dr. Baldini from the health department in great embarrassment. When the helpful man begins to love her, however, she tries to escape so as not to bind himself and him.
Episode III: Elena
Elena, outwardly cool and controlled, seduces her husband's best friend and soon afterwards no longer shows it. When said friend and neighbor a few minutes later finds his own wife in the harmless company of a friend, doubts arise for him too.
Episode IV: Marta
Marta, lady of the world and wife of a surgeon, had a love affair at a party in a heavily drunk state with the wage servant Giovanni, who was very surprised and whom the husband hired as chauffeur and butler that same evening. The inflamed Giovanni is even more surprised when his mistress indignantly rejects his confidentiality and does not want to remember - not even when the game repeats itself under the same circumstances. Giovanni, shaking his head (but not dissatisfied), comes to terms with the fact that the elegant Signora always knows nothing or doesn't want to know anything after the “intoxication”.
criticism
The lexicon of international films comes to the conclusion that it is "one of the many 'omnibus' films of the sixties, sometimes amusing, rarely flat, consistently elegantly staged and endeavoring to provide high-quality entertainment."
The Protestant film observer draws the following conclusion: “Formally, the film definitely has entertainment value, but the fun of immorality remains a dubious matter, even with high piquancy. Because of the defusing joy of playing, you can leave it with reservations for adults. "
Web links
- The playmates in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Five pictures from the film at Cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 387/1967, pp. 492 to 493
- ↑ Lexikon des Internationale Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1310