- Source: The Soldier with Great Maneuvers
The Soldier with Great Maneuvers (Italian: La soldatessa alle grandi manovre, French: La toubib prend du galon) is a 1978 commedia sexy all'italiana film co-written and directed by Nando Cicero and starring Edwige Fenech. It is the sequel of The Nurse on a Military Tour.
Plot
Cast
Edwige Fenech as Eva Marini
Renzo Montagnani as Colonel Narciso Fiaschetta
Alvaro Vitali as Alvaro Persichetti
Michele Gammino as Gianluca Capretti
Lino Banfi as Don Pagnotta
Gianfranco D'Angelo as Medical Captain
Lucio Montanaro as Salvatore
Enzo Monteduro as Calogero
Antonino Faà di Bruno as General Barattoli
Renzo Ozzano as the Sergeant
Tiberio Murgia as Carmelo
Rita Di Lernia as Leoparda
Grazia Di Marzà as Fiaschetta's mother
Nino Terzo as the male nurse
Max Turilli as General Castigo di Dio
Renato Malavasi as Pepito
Jacques Stany as the Captain
Enzo Maggio as the old man
Salvatore Baccaro as Crispino
Production
The film was a co-production between Devon Film, Medusa, Films Jacques Leitienne, and Imp.Ex.Ci. It was shot in Elba.
Release
The film was released in Italian cinemas by Medusa in August 1978.
Reception
Domestically the film was a hit, grossing over 1.100 million lire.
Giovanna Grassi on Corriere della Sera described it as "a thin little story [...] that is nothing more than an alibi for stitching together already known jokes, gags and characterisations".
References
External links
The Soldier with Great Maneuvers at IMDb