Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release: 01/30/1964(Italy)
Release Date: 08/29/2006
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Italian
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 117 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Criterion

Mistakenly labeled as a neorealist drama in some sources, Seduced and Abandoned is actually a slyly constructed Italian domestic comedy (could anyone have really taken that florid title seriously?) Aldo Puglisi plays a "love 'em and leave 'em" type who impregnates the teen-aged sister (Stefania Sandrelli) of his own fiancee (Paola Biggio). Saro Urzi, the girls' infuriated father, insists that Puglisi break off with the older girl to marry the younger. The police get into the act, threatening to arrests Puglisi for corrupting the morals of a minor. Through some quick thinking on his part, Puglisi manages to get the younger girl to indignantly refuse his hand in marriage. The family is torn asunder by this incident, with darkly comic results.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Stefania Sandrelli - Agnese Ascalone
Saro Urzi - Vincenzo Ascalone
Leopoldo Trieste - Baron Rizieri
Lando Buzzanca - Antonio Ascalone
Aldo Puglisi - Peppino Califano
Umberto Spadaro - Cousin Ascalone
Rocco D'Assunta - Orlando Califano
Oreste Palella - Police Chief Potenza
Gustavo D'Arpe - Ciarpetta the Lawyer

Production:
Pietro Germi - Director
Franco Cristaldi - Producer
Carlo Rustichelli - Composer
Roberto Cinquini - Editor
Pietro Germi Age Furio Scarpelli Luciano Vincenzoni - Screen Writer
Andrea Fantacci - Set Designer
Carlo Egidi - Art Director
Aiace Parolin - Cinematographer
Angela Sammaciccia - Costume Designer
Carlo Egidi - Costume Designer
Pierluigi Urbini - Musical Direction/Supervision
Raffaele Cristini - Makeup

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1964 Cannes Film Festival

1964 National Board of Review