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Il disco volante

Il disco volante

Movie · 1964 · 5 people

Tinto Brass directed Il disco volante (The Flying Saucer), an Italian comedy from 1964. Told with a mock-documentary touch, it is a science fiction parody that pokes fun at the 1960s craze for space and visitors from other worlds. Rodolfo Sonego wrote the screenplay, and the film, which is in Italian and runs about 94 minutes, opened in Italy on 23 December 1964. In France it is known as La Soucoupe volante in Russia as Letayushchaya tarelka and in Spanish-speaking Latin America as El disco volador.

It was filmed in a small village near Treviso in the Veneto region. The real show belongs to Alberto Sordi: the celebrated comedian plays four different people in the same film, a gullible carabinieri sergeant, a miserly accountant, a fallen count and an alcoholic priest. Drawn from different layers of society, these types add up to a satire of the people of Veneto, the region Brass adopted as his home, and of Italian society more broadly.

Sordi is joined by Silvana Mangano, Monica Vitti, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Erika Blanc, with Guido Celano, Lars Bloch, Liana Del Balzo, Carlo Mazzarella Lello Bersani and Graziella Polesinanti also in the cast.

DirectorTinto Brass
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Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi Film actor · died at 82 Erika Blanc Erika Blanc Actor · 84 years old Guido Celano Guido Celano Actor · died at 83 Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano Actor · died at 59 Lars Bloch Lars Bloch Actor · died at 83

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Told with a mock-documentary touch, Tinto Brass's science fiction parody sends up the 1960s craze for space and visitors from other worlds. The real weight rests on Alberto Sordi, who plays four separate people: a gullible carabinieri sergeant, a miserly accountant, a fallen count and an alcoholic priest. Beyond a showcase for an actor, the multiple roles become a satirical device that sets different layers of society side by side. Rodolfo Sonego's script uses the flying saucer as a pretext to needle the people of Veneto and Italian society at large. That is also the risk: parodies built on a single idea can struggle to stay fresh across roughly 94 minutes. Still, a cast that includes Silvana Mangano and Monica Vitti keeps curiosity alive.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

To an eye raised on the classics, one actor bringing several characters to life in a single film is always a test of mastery. Here Alberto Sordi becomes four different people, from a gullible sergeant and a miserly accountant to a fallen count and an alcoholic priest, a reminder of how rich old-school acting could be. Seeing Silvana Mangano and Monica Vitti in the same cast is a pleasure of its own. Even where the satire sharpens, the film seems to regard human failings with a smile rather than with anger.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

There is a flying saucer in the title, but anyone hoping for space action will be let down. This is a sci-fi parody; the main event is Alberto Sordi playing four different characters and poking fun at the people of Veneto and Italian society. No chases, no suspense, no effects showcase, just comedy and satire. Around 94 minutes can feel long for a film built on one joke. Give it a go if you like comedy, skip it if you want thrills.

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