Fumo di Londra

Fumo di Londra
Directed by	Alberto Sordi
Produced by	Giorgio Bianchi
Written by	Alberto Sordi Sergio Amidei
Starring	Alberto Sordi
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Cinematography	Benito Frattari
Edited by	Antonietta Zita
Release dates	1966
Running time	106 min
Country	Italy, UK
Language	English, Italian

Fumo di Londra (internationally released as Smoke Over London and Gray Flannels) is a 1966 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Alberto Sordi. For his performance Sordi won the David di Donatello for Best Actor.

Plot summary

Dante Fontana is an antique dealer of Perugia, and is infatuated with British culture. But he is always thwarted by his wife and relatives, who see him as a silly dreamer who gets lost in stories rather than doing serious work. But Dante does not lose hope, and plans a vacation to London to learn more about the habits of the British so much that make him mad. However, Dante is hard to settle in, and often makes typical Italian blunders, gaining the scorn of the highly educated and refined British public. After taking part in a fox hunt, Dante is invited by a rich English nobleman who shows him an ancient Etruscan statuette. Dante says that the object is a fake and shatters it. Then chased away by gunfire, Dante takes refuge with a group of young flower children and with them, takes part in a riot. Arrested, Dante is sent back to Italy where he resumes his monotonous work.

Cast

• Alberto Sordi as Dante Fontana
• Fiona Lewis as Elizabeth
• Amy Dalby as Duchess of Bradford
• Alfredo Marchetti as Conte Bolla
• Clara Bindi as La Moglie
• Michael Trubshawe as Il Colonello
• Jean St. Clair as Headmistress

External links

• Fumo di Londra at IMDb