• Source: The Beast (1974 film)

      • The Beast (Italian: Il bestione) is an Italian comedy directed by Sergio Corbucci and stars Gabriella Giorgelli, Michel Constantin and Giancarlo Giannini.


      Plot


      An older and younger truck drivers, Sandro and Nino, begin to work with each others. They alternate in driving their company's vehicle across central and Eastern Europe. After witnessing the harsh treatment of an older colleague, forced to retire on medical grounds and led to suicide by his illness and indigence after a life of hard work, Nino convinces Sandro to take up loans and start their own delivery company. They struggle however to honor their debt, due to market fluctuations. This forces them to accept smuggling a criminal, originally misrepresented just as a parcel. Abandoning him just beyond the border, the two drivers are pursued by his criminal accomplishes while trying hard to keep their schedule with their customer.
      The professional relationship gradually develops into mutual respect and shared background among the two men, with Sandro eventually beginning to date Nino's daughter. Eventually their first trip as independent delivery company is successful, although just barely so. By the end of the movie, three co-protagonists are made very familiar to the audience: the two men, as well as their truck ("il bestione" i.e. "The Beast"), personification of blue-collar work.


      Cast


      Giancarlo Giannini as Nino Patrovita
      Michel Constantin as Sandro Colautti
      Giuseppe Maffioli as Super Shell
      Giuliana Calandra as Amalia
      Dalila Di Lazzaro as Magda
      Enzo Fiermonte as Matteo Zaghi
      Jole Fierro as the former wife of Colautti
      Philippe Hersent as Owner of CISA Car Company
      Carlo Gaddi as Camorrista
      Gabriella Giorgelli as Zoe
      Attilio Duse as Truck driver
      Anna Mazzamauro as Friend of Amalia
      Giorgio Trestini as Andrea
      Imma Piro as Lella Colautti
      Franco Angrisano as Mafioso
      Romano Puppo as Dutch Driver
      Franca Scagnetti as Receptionist
      Sergio Testori as Dutchman


      Release


      The film premiered on 20 November 1974 in Paris and screened in West Germany on 14 February 1975 as Die Cleveren Zwei with an Warner-Columbia Filmverleih distribution.


      References




      External links


      The Beast at IMDb

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