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What a Woman! (1956)

Name: What a Woman!
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1956-02-03
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer, Marcello Mastroianni, Elisa Cegani, Titina De Filippo

What a Woman! (1956), directed by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Sophia Loren and Charles Boyer.

02/03/1956 BR Comedy 1h 40m

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Synopsis

A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.

Otello MartelliCinematography
Alessandro BlasettiDirector
Mario SerandreiEditing
Gianni Hecht LucariProducer

About the film

Lucky to Be a Woman (Italian: La fortuna di essere donna and also known as What a Woman!) is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer and Marcello Mastroianni.

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Plot

A photographer named Corrado (Mastroianni) snaps a picture of Antonietta (Loren). When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it. He then tries to convince her that he can connect her up with powerful men and introduces her to Count Gregorio Sennetti (Boyer), who can make her a movie star, but things do not turn out well when the count's wife shows up.

Cast

Sophia Loren as Antonietta Fallari

Charles Boyer as Count Gregorio Sennetti

Marcello Mastroianni as Corrado Betti

Elisa Cegani as Elena Sennetti

Titina De Filippo as Antonietta's mother

Nino Besozzi as Paolo Magnano

Memmo Carotenuto as Gustavo Ippoliti

Giustino Durano as Federico Frotta

Margherita Bagni as Mirella Fontanisi

Anna Carena as Brazilian billionaire

Piero Carnabuci as President of the Film House

Salvo Libassi as Sor Arduino

Mauro Sacripante as Corrado's assistant photographer

Nino Dal Fabbro as Journalist of Le Ore

Mario Scaccia as Head waiter

References

External links

Lucky to Be a Woman at IMDb

Text from Lucky to Be a Woman on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_to_Be_a_Woman

Trivia

It premiered on February 3, 1956, a Friday.
It runs 1h40 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "La fortuna di essere donna".
As of September 20, 2026, it is available in Brazil by subscription on Belas Artes à La Carte.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosLe Louvre Film, Documento Film
CountriesFrance, Italy
LanguagesItalian
StatusReleased

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Rome

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Rome

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Otello Martelli Cinematography
Alessandro Blasetti Director
Mario Serandrei Editing
Gianni Hecht Lucari Producer
Alessandro Cicognini Original music
Ennio Flaiano Screenplay
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What is What a Woman! about?

What a Woman!: A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.

Who directed What a Woman!?

What a Woman! was directed by Alessandro Blasetti in 1956.

Who stars in What a Woman!?

The cast of What a Woman! includes Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer, Marcello Mastroianni, Elisa Cegani and Titina De Filippo.

How long is What a Woman!?

What a Woman! runs for 100 minutes, or 1h40.

Where can I watch What a Woman!?

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