Oct 01, 1981
116 min
Full-HD

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)

The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, but as the factory is on the verge of bankruptcy the owner hatches a plan to use the ransom money as reinvestment in the factory.

Category

Drama

Country

Italy

Companies

Fiction Cinematografica

Ugo Tognazzi

Primo Spaggiari

Anouk Aimée

Barbara Spaggiari

Laura Morante

Laura

Victor Cavallo

Adelfo

Olimpia Carlisi

la chiromante Romola

Vittorio Caprioli

Maresciallo Angrisani

Renato Salvatori

Colonnello Macchi

Ricky Tognazzi

Giovanni Spaggiari, figlio di Primo

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