Sex Can Be Difficult
6.3
“Eros on the rampage in three delightful sketches concerning love and sex… or sex and love?”
A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.
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Cast
18 people
Enrico Maria Salerno
L'uomo (segment "Le donne")
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Catherine Spaak
Valeria (segment "Le donne")
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Claudia Mori
La squillo (segment "Le donne")
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Rugantino
Vittorio Gassman
L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")
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Nadja Tiller
La moglie del ricco decaduto (segment "L'avaro")
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Lilla Brignone
Anna (segment "L'avaro")
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Adriano Rimoldi
Il marito (segment "L'avaro")
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Robinson Crusoeland
Nino Manfredi
Il soldato (segment "L'avventura di un soldato")
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Fulvia Franco
La vedova (segment "L'avventura di un soldato")
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Lilli Palmer
Hilde Brenner (segment "Il serpente")
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Bernhard Wicki
Hans (segment "Il serpente")
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Gastone Moschin
Maresciallo (segment "Il serpente")
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Luciano Lucignani Director · Armando Crispino Director Nino Manfredi Director
Director
Luciano Lucignani
Director
Armando Crispino
Director
Nino Manfredi
Director
Sergio Sollima
Director
Alberto Bonucci
Screenplay
Sandro Continenza
Screenplay
Ettore Scola
Screenplay
Renato Mainardi
Author
Alberto Moravia
Author
Mario Soldati
Author
Italo Calvino
Composer
Piero Umiliani
Cinematographer
Carlo Carlini
Cinematographer
Erico Menczer
Editor
Eraldo Da Roma
Production designer
Nedo Azzini
Costume designer
Lucia Mirisola
First release December 24, 1962 · Produced in Germany, Italy · Production SpA Cinematografica
Production
Eichberg-Film
Production
SpA Cinematografica
Production
Germany · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'amore difficile
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 24, 1962
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No release date listed for United States.
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