La bellissima estate

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The Beautiful Summer
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Directed bySergio Martino
Screenplay by
Sergio Martino
Story byLuciano Martino
Sauro Scavolini
Produced byLuciano Martino
StarringSenta Berger
John Richardson
Alessandro Cocco
Lino Toffolo
CinematographyGiancarlo Ferrando
Edited byDaniele Alabiso
Music byAlberto Pomeranz
Luciano Michelini
Production
company
Dania Film
Distributed byTitanus (Italy)
(Japan)
Release dates
  • December 6, 1974 (1974-12-06) (Italy)
  • September 27, 1975 (1975-09-27) (Japan)
  • June 13, 1978 (1978-06-13) (USA)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Beautiful Summer (Italian: La bellissima estate) is a 1974 Italian melodrama film directed by Sergio Martino.[1][2] It stars Alessandro Cocco, Senta Berger and John Richardson.[1]

The film is part of the genre of melodramatic films known as "lacrima movies" or "tearjerker movies". It has been best remembered for the soundtrack piece "Il barone rosso" by Luciano Michelini, which would eventually become the theme song of the comedy show, Curb Your Enthusiasm. It was originally released in the United States as Summer to Remember, with other titles such as Smile of Love and Never Ending Love.

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Release[]

The Beautiful Summer was originally released in Italy on December 6, 1974 where it was distributed by Titanus.

In Japan, the film was released on September 27, 1975, and was retitled Smile of Love; it was released by Toho-Towa. Through 1978, the film was released in other countries, and on June 13, the film was released in the United States, and other countries, and was given the title Summer to Remember.

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References[]

  1. ^ a b Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
  2. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

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