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| name = Il Vedovo
| image = Il
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| director = [[Dino Risi]]
| producer =
| writer = [[Rodolfo Sonego]]<br>[[Fabio Carpi]]<br>[[Sandro Continenza]]<br>[[Dino Verde]]<br>Dino Risi
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| starring = [[Alberto Sordi]]<br>[[Franca Valeri]]
| music = [[Armando Trovajoli]]
| cinematography = [[Luciano Trasatti]]
| editing = [[Alberto Gallitti]]
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| runtime = 100
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'''''Il Vedovo''''' (The Widower) is a [[1959 in film|1959]] [[Italy|Italian]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Dino Risi]].
==Plot==
Alberto Nardi (
Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from [[Milan]], Elvira Almiraghi (
Alberto tries to "keep up" with his wife and her rich and successful friends but he only manages to ridicule himself. Amused by his antics Elvira publicly treats her husband as a silly clown, confident that he'll never leave her in the hope of profiting from her fortune.<br>
One day a train
Alberto is overjoyed and in a veritable ecstatic rush plans to liquidate most of Elvira's assets, brings his mistress in her country villa and starts dreaming of a bright future only to be frustrated when Elvira appears alive and well: a last-minute phone call from his own accountant and handyman ([[Marquis]] Stucchi) prevented her from boarding the doomed train.<br>
Frustration and anger throw Alberto in a nervous breakdown from which he emerges with a diabolic plan: to sabotage the elevator in the city [[attic]]
The German engineer working in his factory agrees with Nardi's plan and with the help of unlikely accomplices like Marquis Stucchi and his own uncle (who acts as Alberto's [[
The movie is a splendid example of the [[commedia all'italiana]] which Risi directs on an unusually [[black comedy|black]] register where Sordi depicts an outrageously sleazy character (arrogant to his subjects, megalomaniac, a bigoted unrepentant [[fascist]] who yet longs for recognition from the businessmen who envies). It is also
==Cast==
*[[Alberto Sordi]]: Alberto Nardi
*[[Franca Valeri]]: Elvira Almiraghi
*[[Livio Lorenzon]]: Marquis Stucchi
*[[Leonora Ruffo]]: Gioia
*[[Nando Bruno]]: Nardi's Uncle
*[[Nanda Primavera]]: Italia, Gioia's Mother
*[[Mario Passante]]: Lambertoni
*[[Enzo Petito]]: Fritzmayer
*[[Ruggero Marchi]]: Fenoglio
*[[Gigi Reder]]: Girondi
*[[Enzo Furlai]]: Giordano
*[[Angela Luce]]: Margherita
*[[Ignazio Leone]]: Doorman
*[[Alberto Rabagliati]]: Himself
*[[Rosita Pisano]]: Nardi's Secretary
==Censorship==
When Il Vedovo was first released in Italy in 1959, it was subject to review by the Committee for Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. Before being screened publicly, the Committee recommended the removal of the following: 1) Father Agostino, who took part in the funeral as a priest, is shown sipping a glass of wine; 2) Elvira’s line “She is a fool, an [[Anita Garibaldi]] type of fool… but instead of a hero she found my husband.”
The reason for the restriction, cited in the official documents, is because the aforementioned scene was considered immoral and the line running against national reputation and decency.
The official document number is N° 3036; it was signed on 17 Nov 1959 by Minister Domenico Magrì.
==Remake==
A [[remake]] entitled ''[[Wannabe Widowed]]'', starring [[Luciana Littizzetto]] and [[Fabio De Luigi]], was released in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmitalia.org/p.aspx?t=film&l=en&did=68803|title=Wannabe Widowed|website=Film Italia|access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:1959 films]]
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