Synopsis
The passage of time has vitiated "Mandragola," Machiavelli's cynical lampoon of 16th-century Florentine morality and the fabulous fertility attributes of the mandrake root. As presented in the Italian period comedy that was exposed at the Cinema Rendezvous yesterday, the satire and the legend, which is as ancient as the Book of Genesis and credulous human beings, are relayed with the approximate subtlety of jokes at a bachelor dinner. The critical thrusts at a dissolute, often irresponsible society that made "Mandragola" a classic of Italian literature are all too rare in this energetic, if obvious and broadly played farce.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
- Foreign production company : Arco Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : StudioCanal Films Limited
- French distribution : Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriters : Alberto Lattuada, Luigi Magni, Stefano Strucchi
- Director of Photography : Tonino Delli Colli
- Music Composer : Gino Marinuzzi
- Editor : Nino Baragli
- Costume designer : Danilo Donati
- Foreign Producer : Alfredo Bini
- Author of original work : Machiavel
- Co-producer : Pierre Gurgo-Salice
- Production Designer : Carlo Egidi
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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News & awards
Selections (1)
Academy Awards
United States, 1967
Oscar Nomination in the Best Costumes in a Black & White Film category : Danilo Donati