The Soldier with Great Maneuvers (Italian: La soldatessa alle grandi manovre, French: La toubib prend du galon) is a 1978 commedia sexy all'italiana film co-written and directed by Nando Cicero and starring Edwige Fenech. It is the sequel of The Nurse on a Military Tour.[1][2]
Plot
Cast
- Edwige Fenech as Eva Marini
- Renzo Montagnani as Colonel Narciso Fiaschetta
- Alvaro Vitali as Alvaro Persichetti
- Michele Gammino as Gianluca Capretti
- Lino Banfi as Don Pagnotta
- Gianfranco D'Angelo as Medical Captain
- Lucio Montanaro as Salvatore
- Enzo Monteduro as Calogero
- Antonino Faà di Bruno as General Barattoli
- Renzo Ozzano as the Sergeant
- Tiberio Murgia as Carmelo
- Rita Di Lernia as Leoparda
- Grazia Di Marzà as Fiaschetta's mother
- Nino Terzo as the male nurse
- Max Turilli as General Castigo di Dio
- Renato Malavasi as Pepito
- Jacques Stany as the Captain
- Enzo Maggio as the old man
- Salvatore Baccaro as Crispino
Production
The film was a co-production between Devon Film, Medusa, Films Jacques Leitienne, and Imp.Ex.Ci.[1][2] It was shot in Elba.[1]
Release
The film was released in Italian cinemas by Medusa in August 1978.[1]
Reception
Domestically the film was a hit, grossing over 1.100 million lire.[1] Giovanna Grassi on Corriere della Sera described it as "a thin little story [...] that is nothing more than an alibi for stitching together already known jokes, gags and characterisations".[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Giusti, Marco (2019). "La soldatessa alle grandi manovre". Dizionario Stracult della commedia sexy (in Italian). Bloodbuster edizioni. p. 431-2. ISBN 978-88-943385-3-9.
- ^ a b Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). "La soldatessa alle grandi manovre". Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese. p. 293. ISBN 8876059695.
- ^ Grassi, Giovanna (22 September 1978). "Nel regno della Fenech". Corriere della Sera. p. 19.
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