The Moralist
6.5
The newly appointed head of a censorship board uses his uncompromising stance against everything "immoral" – from nudity in movies to nightclubs – to hide a rather unseemly double life.
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Cast
24 people
Alberto Sordi
Agostino
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Vittorio De Sica
O.I.M.P. President
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Maria Perschy
Monique
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Franco Fabrizi
Giovanni
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Christiane Nielsen
Marga
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Mara Berni
Vera Serni
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Carl Wery
Krüger
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Sebastian Kneipp
Franca Valeri
Virginia
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The Widower
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Piera Arico
Giovanni's wife
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Vincenzo Talarico
O.I.M.P. Employee
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Gina Mattarolo
Eleonora
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Police Chief at Caracas'
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Giorgio Bianchi Director · Oreste Biancoli Screenplay Rodolfo Sonego Screenplay
First release June 30, 1959 · Produced in Italy · Production Napoleon Film
Production
Avers Films
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Napoleon Film
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Italy
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Original title
Il moralista
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · June 30, 1959
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Mexico
March 13, 1964 · Theatrical
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