L'italiana in Algeri

L'italiana in Algeri

🎞️ Movie 146 min FR
โ˜… 9.2 /10 1998

Based on a true story: In 1805, a Milanese girl, Antonietta Frapollo, was kidnapped and taken to the court of Mustapha-ibn-Ibrahim in Algiers. In Anelli's version, the character Isabella is a mature woman confident in her sex appeal and power over men. Mustafa, the Bey of Algiers, decides that he finds Italian women more attractive than any others, so he gives his wife Elvira to the young Italian slave Lindoro. Both are upset, Lindoro because he misses his Italian girlfriend Isabella. She, however, is soon reunited with him when her ship is taken by Mustafa's pirates, but many obstacles stand in their way. Mustafa and Taddeo, a third suitor for Isabella, strive for her love, but she teaches Elvira and the servant Zulma how to control men. After many wiles, Isabella tells Mustafa that he is to join the Order of Pappataci, whose responsibilities are to eat, drink, and sleep. Pleased with this, he finally lets her go, and order is restored with happy unions and reunions.

Cast

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Simone Alaimo
Mustafa
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Jeannette Fischer
Elvira
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Maria José Trullu
Zulma
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Anthony Smith
Haly
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Bruce Ford
Lindoro
Jennifer Larmore
Jennifer Larmore
Isabella
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Alessandro Corbelli
Taddeo
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Robert Kettleson
Clavecin
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Aurélia Alcaïs
Les comédiens-mimes
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Virginie Cincet
Les comédiens-mimes
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Martial Barrault
Cinematographer