Her Harem
Her Harem | |
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Directed by | Marco Ferreri |
Written by | Rafael Azcona Marco Ferreri Ugo Moretti |
Produced by | |
Starring | Carroll Baker Gastone Moschin Renato Salvatori. |
Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller |
Edited by | |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production companies | Alexandra Produzioni Cinematografiche Sancro International Film Paris-Cannes Productions |
Distributed by | CIDIF |
Release date | 10 September 1967 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Her Harem (Italian: L'harem, released in UK as The Harem) is a 1967 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Carroll Baker, Gastone Moschin and Renato Salvatori.
Plot[]
A woman has a number of male lovers so, during a holiday in Dubrovnik, she puts them together, with a stratagem, in her villa, in a sort of reverse harem.
Cast[]
- Carroll Baker as Margherita
- Gastone Moschin as Gianni
- Renato Salvatori as Gaetano
- William Berger as Mike
- as René
- as Gaetano's mother
- Ugo Tognazzi as himself
Production[]
It was the first film Baker made in Europe. She was having difficulties in her career in Hollywood and was offered the role when she met the director at the Venice Film Festival.
Baker says the film was meant to be a comedy but the director "lost his courage at the last minute... it would have been wonderful as a comedy but he cut out all the funny scenes and put a serious ending on it."[1]
Reception[]
The film was a box office flop - "Harem just didn't work out," Baker later said, "those things happen."[2] However it launched a successful career for Baker in Europe.
References[]
- ^ Interview with Carrol Baker at Media Fun House
- ^ Friendly Jr, Alfred (29 June 1969). "What Ever Happened to Baby Doll?: An American in Rome". New York Times. p. D11.
External links[]
- Italian-language films
- 1967 films
- Italian films
- Italian romantic comedy-drama films
- 1960s romantic comedy-drama films
- Films set in Croatia
- Films directed by Marco Ferreri
- Films scored by Ennio Morricone
- 1967 drama films
- 1960s Italian film stubs
- Comedy-drama film stubs