Ernesto (1979)
Overview
Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 3.518 |
Directed By
Salvatore Samperi
Crew
Salvatore Samperi
Salvatore Samperi
Marco Tamburella
Umberto Saba
Barbara Alberti
Amedeo Pagani
Salvatore Samperi
José Luis Martínez Mollá
Peter Berling
José Frade
Carmelo Bernaola
Camillo Bazzoni
Sergio Montanari
Ezio Altieri
Antonio Cortés
Ezio Altieri
Christiana Lafayette
Goffredo Calisse
Giuliano Laurenti
Elda Magnanti
Ugo Persichetti Auteri
Marcello Crescenzi
Giulio Dini
Giorgio Basile
Luisa Gamba
Inga Seyric
Vincenzo Dazzi
Maurizio Merli
Danilo Moroni
Giorgio Pallotta
Roberto Brega
Domizio Ercolani
Maurizio Micalizzi
Stefano Ricciotti
Angelo Samperi
Giorgio Urbinelli
Bertilla Silvestrin
Fernanda Zuccherofino
Roberto Gianandrea
Carlo La Bella
Roberto Puglisi
Carmelo Bernaola
Eleonora Pallottini
TOP CAST
Martin Halm
Ernesto
Michele Placido
The man
Virna Lisi
Ernesto's Mother
Turi Ferro
Carlo Wilder
Lara Wendel
Ilio / Rachele
Gisela Hahn
Signora Luzzato, Mother of Ilio and Rachele
Stefano Madia
Ernesto's friend Andrea
Francisco Marsó
Uncle Giovanni
Miranda Nocelli
Prostitute Sandra
Concha Velasco
Aunt Regina
Renato Salvatori
Cesco
Marco Guadagno
Ilio (voice) (uncredited)
Enrique San Francisco
(uncredited)
Enrique Vivó
(uncredited)
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