LINA WERTMÜLLER | ITALY | 1975 | 116 MIN | R | ITALIAN
A satirical dark comedy, which garnered Wertmüller the first ever Academy Award for Best Director nomination for a woman, follows the increasingly chaotic trials and tribulations of a small-time crook determined to survive his sentence at a German prison camp during World War II.
Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore
Part of the Philadelphia Film Society’s Director Series – Lina Wertmüller – The Troublemaker
Li-na Wert-mü-ller [‘li?navert’myller] : Italian auteur filmmaker. Provocative, unflinching, sexual, political, troublemaker.
As we eagerly await the release of the new 4K restoration of THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI, we invite all to experience the groundbreaking, transgressive work of Lina Wertmüller.