Italy, France, 1967
115m
35mm film, Technicolor, 2.35:1
mono, Italian, French
An Italian/French fantasy film directed by Francesco Rosi.
Plot Summary
Neapolitan peasant Isabella meets the ill-tempered Spanish Prince Rodrigo Ferrante y Davalos who has been ordered by his father the king to choose a wife from among seven eligible Italian princesses. But he falls in love Isabella and the lovers need the help of both witches and saints to win through.
Credits
Crew
Director: Francesco Rosi
Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Films Concordia (Paris)
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Script: Tonino Guerra, Raffaele La Capria, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Francesco Rosi
Photography: Pasqualino De Santis
Editor: Jolanda Benvenuti
Music: Piero Piccioni
Lyrics: Larry Kusik, Eddie Snyder
Sound: Claudio Maielli, Mario Morigi
Costumes: Giulio Coltellacci, Giulio Coltellacci
Make-up: Giuseppe Annunziata, Ada Palombi, Mario Van Riel
Hair: Paolo Borzelli
Art Director: Piero Poletto
Cast
Sophia Loren (Isabella Candeloro)
Omar Sharif (Prince Rodrigo Fernandez)
Dolores Del Rio (Queen Mother)
Georges Wilson (Monzu)
Leslie French (Brother Joseph of Copertino)
Carlo Pisacane (witch)
Marina Malfatti (devout princess)
Anna Nogara (impatient princess)
Rita Forzano (greedy princess)
Rosa Maria Martino (vain princess)
Carlotta Barilli (superstitious princess)
Fleur Mombelli (haughty princess)
Anna Liotti (infant princess)
Cris Huerta (stable boy)
Renato Pinciroli (Carpaccio, Rodrigo's servant)
Giacomo Furia (monk)
Alternative Titles
A fost odată – Romanian title
Bir Masal Gibi – Turkish title
Był sobie raz – Polish title
Cinderella: Italian Style – English language title
Den vackra Isabella – Swedish title
Die schöne Isabella – West German title
Felizes Para Sempre – Brazilian, Portuguese title
Happily Ever After – working title
He elivät onnellisina… – Finnish title
Isabella – Danish title
La belle et le cavalier – French title
Mai mult decat un miracol – alternative Romanian title
Mere enn et mirakel – alternative Norwegian title
More Than a Miracle – English language title
Panta mia gynaika – Greek title
Schöne Isabella – West German title
Siempre hay una mujer – Spain
Vakre Isabella – Norwegian title
Y vivieron felices… – Argentine title
Жила-была… – Russian title)
イタリア式奇蹟 – Japanese title
Links
Extracts included in
Cercando Sophia (2004)
Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004)
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
Tonino Guerra: A Poet in the Movies (2008)
References
Periodicals
- Bianco e Nero vol.29 no.3/4 (March/April 1968) pp.166-68
- Cinema d'Oggi 6 November 1967 p.11
- Cinéma no.131 (December 1968) pp.125-127
- Cinema Nuovo vol.20 no.190 (November/December 1967) p.452
- Films and Filming vol.16 no.1 (October 1969) p.46
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.198 no.9 (27 October 1967) p.3
- Intermezzo vol.22 no.21-22 (30 November 1967) p.11
- Kine Weekly no.3224 (26 July 1969) p.12
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.36 no.428 (September 1969) p.193
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.39 no.458 (March 1972) p.62
- Motion Picture Herald vol.237 no.45 (8 November 1967) p.740
- Ombre Rosse no.4 (March 1968) pp.81-83
- Positif no.99 (November 1968) pp.60-62
- Revista Internacional del Cine no.11-12 (January-February 1955) p.757
- Sight & Sound vol.38 no.4 (Autumn 1969) pp.214-215
- Today's Cinema no.9702 (25 July 1969) p.4
- Variety 1 November 1967 p.20
Books
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.301
- Kine & TV Year Book
