Pane, amore e gelosia (1954)

Director:

Luigi Comencini

Writers:

Ettore Maria Margadonna (story) &
Luigi Comencini (story) ...
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Release Date:

6 December 1954 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Lollobrigida Is Back...And You'll Never See More Of Her! (original USA poster)

Plot:

In a small Italian village, Maria De Ritas is engaged to army Lieutenant Pietro Stelluti. Stelluti's superior officer...

Plot Keywords:

1950s | Jealousy | Marriage | Italy | Theater Troupe

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Vittorio De Sica	...	Il maresciallo Antonio Carotenuto
Gina Lollobrigida	...	Maria De Ritis, detta 'La Bersagliera'
Marisa Merlini	...	Annarella Mirziano, la levatrice
Roberto Risso	...	Il carabiniere Pietro Stelluti
Maria-Pia Casilio	...	Paoletta, la nipote del parroco (as Maria Pia Casilio)
Virgilio Riento	...	Don Emidio, il parocco
Saro Urzì	...	Don Nicola, il capocomico
Tina Pica	...	Caramella, la domestica
Tecla Scarano	...	Teresinella, la domestica di Annarella
Vittoria Crispo	...	Maria Antonia De Ritis, madre de la 'Bersagliera'
Memmo Carotenuto	...	Il carabiniere Sirio Baiocchi
Fausto Guerzoni	...	L'uomo col cannocchiale
Nino Vingelli	...	Don Vincenzino, il venditore ambulante
Gigi Reder	...	Ricuccio
Nico Pepe	...	Il maresciallo Spotti
Attilio Torelli	...	Rumbumbù, il negoziante di generi alimentari
Checco Rissone	...	Il barbiere
Mario Meniconi	...	Matteo
Renato Navarrini	...	Un attore di varietà
Nino Imparato	...	Il piccolo Ottavio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Arena	...	Una donna (uncredited)
Marcella Melnati	...	La nonna di Ricuccio (uncredited)
Piero Pastore	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Amalia Pellegrini	...	La nonna di Matteo (uncredited)
Yvonne Sanson	...	La nuova levatrice (uncredited)
Massimo Ungaretti	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Vinicio Vingelli	...	Bit part (uncredited)

Directed by
Luigi Comencini

Writing credits
Ettore Maria Margadonna		story (as E.M. Margadonna) &
Luigi Comencini		story &
Ettore Maria Margadonna		screenplay (as E.M. Margadonna) &
Luigi Comencini		screenplay &
Eduardo De Filippo		screenplay &
Vincenzo Talarico		screenplay (as Vincenzo Tallarico)

Produced by
Marcello Girosi	....	producer
Nino Midiano	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Alessandro Cicognini

Cinematography by
Carlo Montuori

Film Editing by
Mario Serandrei

Art Direction by
Gastone Medin

Set Decoration by
Ugo Pericoli

Makeup Department
Marcello Ceccarelli	....	makeup artist
Liliana Celli	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Nino Midiano	....	production manager
Roberto Moretti	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luisa Alessandri	....	assistant director
Franco Montemurro	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Kurt Doubrowsky	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Goffredo Bellisario	....	camera operator
Dario Regis	....	assistant camera

Music Department
Alessandro Cicognini	....	conductor

Other crew
Franca Carotenuto	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Titanus

Distributors

• Titanus Distribuzione (1954) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Pathé Consortium Cinéma (1955) (France) (theatrical)
• Pathé Consortium Cinéma (1955) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Union-Film-Verleih (1955) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Distributors Corporation of America Inc. (DCA) (1955) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Aquarius TV (2001) (Greece) (TV)
• Creazione Home Video (19??) (Italy) (VHS)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (GCTHV) (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Medusa Home Entertainment (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• Mondadori Video S.p.a. (19??) (Italy) (VHS)
• Proserpine (1989) (France) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Industrie Musicali Redi  music published by

Also Known As:

Bread, Love and Jealousy (Australia) (UK)
Frisky (USA)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:U | West Germany:12 | Hungary:14 | Finland:S | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Abruzzo, Italy

Company:

Titanus

Trivia:

Italian censorship via #17598 delivered on 23 November 1954.

Movie Connections:

Follows Pane, amore e fantasia (1953)

Soundtrack:

Aida

Review and summary.

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

BREAD, LOVE AND JEALOUSY or "FRISKY" as the American distributor re-titled it upon its initial American release, is a sequel to the tremendously successful BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS made in 1953. They were the first two of a series of earthy comedies which Gina Lollobrigida got tired of making. She was replaced in PANE AMORE E... (SCANDAL IN SORRENTO) by Sophia Loren. At the time of their release, these amusing country comedies were seen by critics as a frivolous departure from the more serious neo-realist films of the period, but audiences loved them precisely because of their light charm and their escapist qualities. Most film historians say that BREAD, LOVE AND JEALOUSY isn't quite up to the quality of its predecessor, but the fact is that they are cut from the same cloth and seem like two parts of the same film, as pleasing and delightful today as when they came out, even better, given the sweet spice of nostalgia. Borrowing elements of Shakespearean comedy, this film is about the parallel amorous fortunes of two couples, one young, one middle-age. We encountered them both in the first film. "Maresciallo" Antonio Carotenuto (Vittorio De Sica) must resign his position in the village in order to marry the town midwife, an unwed mother. Pietro, the young policeman who is to marry "Bersagliera" or "Frisky" (Lollobrigida) is transferred to another town. Frisky is assigned to the maresciallo who takes her into his house as a servant. Gossip about the two grows. The fiancé returns and breaks off the engagement. The father of the midwife's child appears, proposes marriage, and the parish priest induces the woman to accept. The wrongly maligned Frisky makes peace with her fiancé. Another midwife arrives in town. The maresciallo can lust hopefully once more. The movie could be called "All's Well that Ends Well, Italian Style." There isn't much one can say about a movie as simple and unassuming as this, except that the performers bring it off admirably and command our attention for an hour and a half. No social moral, no essay into the alienation of modern man, no peeks at the filmmaker's navel exist here...only the ingratiating talents of Gina Lollobrigida and Vittorio De Sica under the humane direction of Luigi Comencini.