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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians ()

Signore & signori (original title)
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Three stories, all set in Treviso. Various couple experience adultery at a party, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress and all the men in the end are prosecuted for having intercourse with an underage girl.

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Milena Zulian
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Osvaldo Bisigato
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Toni Gasparini
Olga Villi ...
Ippolita Gasparini
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Noemi Castellan
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Lino Benedetti
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Gilda Bisigato
Gigi Ballista ...
Giacinto Castellan
Gia Sandri ...
Betty Scodeler
Quinto Parmeggiani ...
Giovanni Soligo
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Giorgetta Casellato
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Carabiniere Mancuso
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Scarabello
Alberto Rabagliati ...
Galeazzo Casellato
Patrizia Valturri ...
Alda Cristofoletto
Carlo Bagno ...
Bepi Cristofoletto
Giulio Questi ...
Franco Zaccaria
Stefano Satta Flores
Virgilio Gazzolo ...
Journalist Tosato (as Virginio Gazzolo)
Elia Guiotto ...
Bepi Scodeler
Virgilio Scapin ...
Don Schiavon
Sergio Fincato ...
Lawyer Maschio
Giancarlo Fontanieri
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Attorney Scarfiotti
Silvano Mezzavilla ...
Signori Square guy with sun glasses
Leony Bert ...
Mother of Osvaldo (uncredited)

Directed by

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Pietro Germi

Written by

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Luciano Vincenzoni ... (story) &
Pietro Germi ... (story)
 
Agenore Incrocci ... (screenplay) (as Age) &
Furio Scarpelli ... (screenplay) (as Scarpelli) &
Luciano Vincenzoni ... (screenplay) (as Vincenzoni) &
Pietro Germi ... (screenplay) (as Germi)

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Fiorenzo Cerini ... assistant producer
Pietro Germi ... producer
Robert Haggiag ... producer
Luciano Luna ... assistant producer

Music by

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Carlo Rustichelli

Cinematography by

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Aiace Parolin

Editing by

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Sergio Montanari

Editorial Department

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Giampiero Giunti ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Carlo Egidi

Set Decoration by

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Andrea Fantacci
Luigi Lazzari

Costume Design by

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Angela Sammaciccia

Makeup Department

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Raffaele Cristini ... makeup artist
Vitaliana Patacca ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Gianni Cecchin ... executive in charge of production
Luigi Giacosi ... general organizer
Lino S. Haggiag ... Dear Film delegate

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Gian Maria Ferretto ... second second assistant director
Michael Haggiag ... second assistant director
Francesco Massaro ... first assistant director

Sound Department

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Venanzio Biraschi ... sound mixer
Vittorio Trentino ... sound

Camera and Electrical Department

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Gianni Assenza ... still photographer
Luigi Bernardini ... assistant camera
Guglielmo Maga ... key grip
Bruno Pasqualini ... chief electrician
Elio Polacchi ... camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Lucia Baldacci ... tailor

Music Department

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Luigi Urbini ... conductor (as Pierluigi Urbini)

Script and Continuity Department

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Mirta Guarnaschelli ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Enzo Lucarini ... cashier
Renato Pieri ... administrator
Wanda Benedetti ... voice dubbing: Nora Ricci (uncredited)
Sergio Graziani ... voice dubbing: Gigi Ballista (uncredited)
Gianna Raffaelli ... voice dubbing: Patrizia Valturri (uncredited)
Sergio Tedesco ... voice dubbing: Gustavo D'Arpe (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Taglines It happens in Italy...like clockwork! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Signore e signori (Italy)
  • Ces messieurs dames (France)
  • Mesdames et messieurs (France)
  • Belles dames, vilains messieurs (France)
  • The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (United States)
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  • 118 min
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Trivia While his wife is nagging him and insulting him non-stop, the husband is, ironically, reading an Italian translation of Goethe's famous novel Elective Affinities, an analysis of love and passion. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in The Man with a Cigar in His Mouth (1997). See more »

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