The Career of a Chambermaid [Telefoni bianchi]
- Release Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
- Directed By
- Dino Risi
This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.
