Donatella

Story

Synopsis

Donatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady, who offers Donatella a job as a secretary as a reward: she has to manage the lady's villa during her absences. There, Donatella casually meets Maurizio, a rich, elegant and well-educated young man, and ends up falling in love.

Director

Mario Monicelli

Writers

Roberto Amoroso, Ruggero Maccari, Piero Tellini

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

3 October 1956

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Elsa Martinelli

  Donatella

• 

  Gabriele Ferzetti

  Maurizio

• 

  Walter Chiari

  Guido

• 

  Aldo Fabrizi

  Augusto Guiscardi, padre di Donatella

• 

  Abbe Lane

  se stessa

• 

  Xavier Cugat

  se stesso

• 

  Liliana Bonfatti

  veterinaria

• 

  Virgilio Riento

  Nicola, zio di Donatella

• 

  Giovanna Pala

  Maria Laura Castello

• 

  Giuseppe Porelli

  Pasquale

• Caterine Williams

  la donna americana

• Alan Furlan

  Giancarlo