Divorce Italian Style
Divorce Italian Style (Italian: Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian black comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay is by Germi, Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci, based on Giovanni Arpino's novel Un delitto d'onore (Honour Killing). It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Lando Buzzanca, and Leopoldo Trieste.
| Divorce Italian Style | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pietro Germi |
| Screenplay by | Ennio De Concini Pietro Germi Alfredo Giannetti Agenore Incrocci (uncredited) |
| Based on | Un delitto d'onore by Giovanni Arpino |
| Produced by | Franco Cristaldi |
| Starring | Marcello Mastroianni Daniela Rocca Stefania Sandrelli Leopoldo Trieste Odoardo Spadaro |
| Cinematography | Carlo Di Palma Leonida Barboni |
| Edited by | Roberto Cinquini |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
| Distributed by | Embassy Pictures |
Release date | 20 December 1961 |
Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $2.3 million (US/Canada rentals) |
It won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen; Mastroianni was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Germi for Best Director. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."