A Special Day (1977)
Una giornata particolare (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Approved
- 1h 46min
- Drama
- Oct 1977 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 3 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Sophia Loren | ... |
Antonietta Taberi
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Marcello Mastroianni | ... |
Gabriele
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John Vernon | ... |
Emanuele Taberi
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Françoise Berd | ... |
Concierge
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Patrizia Basso | ... |
Romana Taberi
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Tiziano De Persio | ... |
Arnaldo Taberi
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Maurizio Di Paolantonio | ... |
Fabio Taberi
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Antonio Garibaldi | ... |
Littorio Taberi
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Vittorio Guerrieri | ... |
Umberto Taberi
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Alessandra Mussolini | ... |
Maria Luisa Taberi
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Nicole Magny | ... |
Officer's Daughter
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Galeazzo Ciano | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Adolf Hitler | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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King Victor Emmanuel III | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Benito Mussolini | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
Ettore Scola |
Written by
Ruggero Maccari | ... | (original idea) & |
Ettore Scola | ... | (original idea) |
Ruggero Maccari | ... | (screenplay by) & |
Ettore Scola | ... | (screenplay by) |
Maurizio Costanzo | ... | (collaboration) |
Produced by
Carlo Ponti | ... | producer (produced by) |
Music by
Armando Trovajoli | ... | (as Armando Trovaioli) |
Cinematography by
Pasqualino De Santis |
Editing by
Raimondo Crociani |
Editorial Department
Graziella Di Giovanni | ... | assistant editor |
Nicola Tocci | ... | color technician |
Pina Triunveri | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Luciano Ricceri |
Set Decoration by
Luciano Ricceri |
Costume Design by
Enrico Sabbatini |
Makeup Department
Franco Freda | ... | makeup artist |
Ada Palombi | ... | hair stylist |
Production Management
Maurizio Anticoli | ... | production supervisor |
Giorgio Scotton | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Silvio Ferri | ... | assistant director |
Marco Pettini | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Ezio Di Monte | ... | assistant production designer |
Sound Department
Luciano Anzellotti | ... | sound effects |
Franco Bassi | ... | sound mixer |
Alessandro Biancani | ... | audio restorer |
Cesare D'Amico | ... | dialogue editor |
Alvaro Orsini | ... | boom operator |
Carlo Palmieri | ... | sound recordist |
Massimo Anzellotti | ... | sound effects editor (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Aldo Colanzi | ... | key grip |
Luciano Leoni | ... | gaffer |
Marcello Mastrogirolamo | ... | assistant camera |
Idelmo Simonelli | ... | camera operator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Berta Betti | ... | seamstress |
Giuseppina Delli Carpini | ... | seamstress |
Giovanni Viti | ... | assistant costume designer |
Script and Continuity Department
Ilde Muscio | ... | script supervisor |
Paola Scola | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Vivien Boden | ... | production secretary |
Sergio Bologna | ... | administrator |
Gianfranco Lelj | ... | photographic services |
Lia Curci | ... | voice dubbing: Françoise Berd (uncredited) |
Igino Lardani | ... | titles (uncredited) |
John Marshall | ... | subtitle script and timing (uncredited) |
Marcello Prando | ... | voice dubbing: John Vernon (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
- Canafox Films (co-production)
Distributors
- Gold Film (1977) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Atlas-Film Verleih GmbH (1977) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Cinema 5 Distributing (1977) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC) (1977) (France) (theatrical) (as GEF-CCFC)
- Producciones Imperial (1977) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Distribuidores Reunidos (1978) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Gala Film Distributors (1978) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1978) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Cinestar Filmverleih (1981) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Home Video (1981) (United States) (VHS)
- DFF 1 (1983) (East Germany) (tv)
- Herald Ace (1984) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Video Star (1984) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Video Scope (1988) (Argentina) (VHS)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Italy) (DVD)
- Aquarius TV (2004) (Greece) (DVD)
- Aquarius TV (2004) (Greece) (tv)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Art Free (2005) (Greece) (DVD)
- Homescreen (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Atlantic Film (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Emerald (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
- Future Film (2013) (Finland) (DVD)
- Chain Production (2015) (United Kingdom) (VOD)
- The Criterion Collection (2015) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Cult Films (2016) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Channel (2020) (United States) (tv) (digital) (subtitled)
- Castelao Pictures (Spain) (16/11/2004)
- NHK-BS2 (2004) (Japan) (tv)
- Orustak Soft (2019) (Japan) (Blu-ray)
- Rentrak Japan K.K. (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
- Reserva Especial (Brazil) (VHS)
- Tokyo MX (2014) (Japan) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Costumi d'Arte (costumes)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
It's the late 1930's Rome. It's a national holiday in Italy today for the first state visit of Adolf Hitler to the country. The occasion is being marked by a lavish parade with both Hitler and Benito Mussolini to celebrate their political friendship/alliance in the name of fascism. Most of the Roman populace will attend the parade to celebrate with their leader. Two that will not be are the following. Antonietta Taberi, who would have liked to have gone to the parade, has to stay at home to attend to her domestic chores in duty to her husband Emanuele and their six children, all who have gone to the parade without her. Gabriele is a former announcer on Italian Public Radio. Despite living in the same apartment complex (Gabriele only for the last two months) with their apartment windows facing each other across the courtyard, Antonietta and Gabriele meet for the first time today in Antonietta's need to access his apartment to retrieve her escaped myna bird. Their encounter is important to both of them if only for this one day. It takes Antonietta out of her humdrum life, where she is unappreciated and taken for granted by her family, her husband who she does not truly love. And Antonietta's arrival halts what Gabriele was contemplating doing in light of the reason behind he not wanting to go to the parade and he no longer working as a radio announcer, that act which would replace the alternative of what will be happening to him later in the day. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | A special film about two special people. See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Sophia Loren's younger sister Maria Scicolone was married to Benito Mussolini's son Romano Mussolini from 1962 to 1971. Maria and Romano's daughter Alessandra Mussolini plays Maria Luisa, one of the daughters of her real life aunt Sophia Loren's character Antonietta. See more » |
Goofs | Hitler's address, heard in the background, is not from his visit to Rome but from the 1934 Nuremberg Party Meeting, more particularly from his address to the German Youth on the third day. He's heard summoning them to be "strong and peaceful", "courageous and peace-loving". See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Marcello, una vita dolce (2006). See more » |
Soundtracks | Horst Wessel Lied See more » |
Quotes |
Gabriele:
As they say, "Tidiness is the virtue of a mediocre mind." Antonietta: Then I'm a genius. See more » |