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Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release1959

Runtime1h 27m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Paneuropa

Cino del Duca

Movie

The Widower

1959

1h 27m

7.4

Comedy

Synopsis

Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.

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