Hypochondriac (1979)
Il malato immaginario
During the year 1673, Rome was besieged by poverty and violence. The rich Mr. Argante has two servants to look after him, while his wife is only waiting to see him dead to inherit.
- Date of release
- 1979-12-20
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Tonino Cervi
Casting
- Alberto Sordi — Don Argante
- Laura Antonelli — Tonietta
- Giuliana De Sio — Angelica
- Stefano Satta Flores — Notaio
- Carlo Bagno — il dottor Anzalone
- Vittorio Caprioli — Vincenzo
- Christian De Sica — Claudio Anzalone
- Ettore Manni — Amministratore
- Marina Vlady — Lucrezia
- Bernard Blier — Dr. Purgone
- Eros Pagni — Il dottore
- Dino Emanuelli — assistente dottor Purgone
Interesting facts
Hypochondriac is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Tonino Cervi. It is a loose adaptation of Molière's The Imaginary Invalid set in 1600 papal Rome.
Production
Several years earlier, Cervi offered to produce the film for Marco Ferreri. The role of Argante was initially offered to Nino Manfredi.
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