I Knew Her Well

I Knew Her Well
Io la conoscevo bene
Directed by	Antonio Pietrangeli
Written by	Antonio Pietrangeli Ruggero Maccari Ettore Scola
Produced by	Turi Vasile
Starring	Stefania Sandrelli Mario Adorf Jean-Claude Brialy Nino Manfredi Enrico Maria Salerno Ugo Tognazzi Karin Dor Franco Fabrizi Turi Ferro Joachim Fuchsberger Robert Hoffmann Franco Nero Véronique Vendell
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Benedetto Ghiglia Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	Titanus
Release dates	December 1, 1965 (Italy) August 3, 1966 (France)
Running time	115 minutes 97 minutes (France, Spain, West Germany)
Countries	Italy France West Germany
Language	Italian

I Knew Her Well (Italian: Io la conoscevo bene) is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli.

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."

Plot synopsis

Adriana (Stefania Sandrelli) is a provincial Italian young woman who moves to Rome because she wants to be a celebrity.

Cast

• Stefania Sandrelli as Adriana Astarelli
• Mario Adorf as Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Dario Marchionni
• Joachim Fuchsberger as The Writer
• Nino Manfredi as Cianfanna
• Enrico Maria Salerno as Roberto
• Ugo Tognazzi as Gigi Baggini
• Karin Dor as Barbara, the lady friend of Adriana
• Franco Fabrizi as Paganelli
• Turi Ferro as Il commissario
• Robert Hoffmann as Antonio Marais
• Franco Nero as Italo - The garage attendant
• Véronique Vendell as Alice Stendhal (credited as Veronique Vendell)
• Franca Polesello as Maria - The usherette
• Renato Terra as Man in the caravan (credited as Renato Terra Caizzi)

Soundtrack

• "L'Eclisse twist"
  • Performed by Mina
• "Addio"
  • Performed by Mina
• "Ogni giorno che passa"
  • Performed by Mia Genberg
• "Le stelle d'oro"
  • Performed by Peppino Di Capri
• "Sweet William"
  • Performed by Millie
• "Surf della Frusta"
  • By Gino Marinacci
• "Oggi e domenica per noi"
  • Performed by Sergio Endrigo
• "Mani bucate"
  • Performed by Sergio Endrigo
• "Lasciati baciare col Letkiss"
  • Performed by Gemelle Kessler
• "Roberta"
  • Performed by Peppino Di Capri
• "What Am I Living For"
  • Performed by Millie
• "More"
  • Performed by Gilbert Bécaud
• "E se domani"
  • Performed by Mina
• "Abbracciami forte"
  • Performed by Ornella Vanoni
• "Dimmi la verità"
  • Performed by Sergio Endrigo
• "Toi"
  • Performed by Gilbert Bécaud
• "Let Kiss"
  • Orchestrated by Yvar Sanna

Awards

• Three Nastro d'Argento awards: Best Director, Best Script, and Best Supporting Actor (Ugo Tognazzi).
• Pietrangeli was named Best Director at the Mar del Plata Film Festival

External links

• I Knew Her Well at IMDb
• I Knew Her Well: City Girl an essay by Alexander Stille at the Criterion Collection