The Monsters
The Monsters

The Monsters

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1963
2h 3m
7.3(193 votes)
Comedy

Overview

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

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49 members
Acting

Ugo Tognazzi

The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ugo Tognazzi
Acting

Vittorio Gassman

The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Vittorio Gassman
Acting

Lando Buzzanca

Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Lando Buzzanca
Acting

Marisa Merlini

Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Marisa Merlini
Acting

Ρίκα Διαλυνά

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Ρίκα Διαλυνά
Acting

Michèle Mercier

The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Michèle Mercier
Acting

Marino Masé

The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Marino Masé
Acting

Franco Castellani

Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")

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Maria Mannelli

Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")

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Mario Laurentino

The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Mario Laurentino
Acting

Angela Portaluri

Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Angela Portaluri
Acting

Carlo Kechler

Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

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Ugo Attanasio

General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

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Luciana Vincenzi

Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")

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Carlo Bagno

Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Carlo Bagno
Acting

Daniele Vargas

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Daniele Vargas
Acting

Françoise Leroy

Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")

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Sal Borgese

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Sal Borgese
Acting

Maria Luisa Rispoli

Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")

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Riccardo Paladini

Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")

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Mario Brega

Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Mario Brega
Acting

Nino Nini

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")

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Ottavio Panunzi

Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")

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Lucia Modugno

Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lucia Modugno
Acting

Anna Lina Alberti

Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited)

Anna Lina Alberti
Acting

Franco Caracciolo

Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Franco Caracciolo
Production

Mario Cecchi Gori

Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)

Mario Cecchi Gori
Acting

Roberto Chevalier

(segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)

Roberto Chevalier
Acting

Rosemary Dexter

Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)

Rosemary Dexter
Acting

Thea Fleming

Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)

Thea Fleming
Acting

Mario Frera

The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Mario Frera
Acting

Corrado Gaipa

Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Corrado Gaipa
Acting

Veriano Ginesi

Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited)

Veriano Ginesi
Acting

Carlo Giuffrè

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Carlo Giuffrè
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Antonio Guidi

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

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Jacques Herlin

Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited)

Jacques Herlin
Writing

Renato Izzo

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Grammar Judge (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

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Antonio La Raina

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio La Raina
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Elisa Mainardi

The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)

Elisa Mainardi
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Pat O'Hara

The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara
Acting

Quinto Parmeggiani

The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited)

Quinto Parmeggiani
Acting

Carmen Pericolo

Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited)

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Editing

Carlo Reali

Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)

Carlo Reali
Acting

Jean Rougeul

Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited)

Jean Rougeul
Acting

Stefano Satta Flores

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)

Stefano Satta Flores
Acting

Leonardo Severini

Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)

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Edoardo Toniolo

(segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo
Acting

Yacinto Yaria

Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

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Efi Kamper

Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)

Efi Kamper

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