Seven Beauties
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Seven Beauties

7.5 / 10 1975 1h 56mR Italian
ComedyDramaWar

Storyline

Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. The Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by seducing a German officer.

Cast & Crew

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini

Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze

Lead
Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey

Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner

Shirley Stoler

Shirley Stoler

Commandant

EF

Elena Fiore

Concettina, a Sister

Roberto Herlitzka

Roberto Herlitzka

the socialist

Piero Di Iorio

Piero Di Iorio

Francesco - Pasqualino's comrade

EV

Enzo Vitale

Don Raffaele

ED

Ermalinda De Felice

Pasqualino's mother

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lina Wertmüller's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Seven Beauties is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker