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Femmine di lusso is a 1960 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Ugo Tognazzi, Elke Sommer, Walter Chiari and Sylva Koscina.

It was also known as Intrigo a Taormina, Love, the Italian Way, Luxury Vacations and Travelling in Luxury.

It was released in the US in 1965 as Love, the Italian Way.^[1]

Premise

The screenplay concerns a group of passengers travelling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoying various adventures and becoming romantically involved with each other.^[2]

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi - Ugo Lemeni
Elke Sommer - Greta
Walter Chiari - Walter
Sylva Koscina - Luciana
Gino Cervi - Ugo's father
Caprice Chantal - Elena Le Garde
Mario Scaccia - Edmondo, the butler
Belinda Lee - Adriana Bessan

Production

In June 1960 it was reported the producer offered Maria Callas a role.^[3] Belinda Lee has a cameo.^[4]

References

^ Classified Ad 4 -- No Title The Washington Post and Times-Herald 14 May 1965: B15.
^ BFI.org
^ Maria Callas Gets Offer of Film Role Chicago Daily Tribune 8 June 1960: b2.
^ Vagg, Stephen (September 7, 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.

External links

Femmine di lusso at IMDb
Film page at BFI
Love the Italian Way at TCMDB
Love the Italian Way at Film Affinity
Page on the film at Elke Sommer Fan Site
Film page at Letterbox DVD

[1] Classified Ad 4 -- No Title The Washington Post and Times-Herald 14 May 1965: B15.

[2] BFI.org

[3] Maria Callas Gets Offer of Film Role Chicago Daily Tribune 8 June 1960: b2.

[bomb-4] Vagg, Stephen (September 7, 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.

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