Check to the Queen
{{Infobox film
| name = Check to the Queen
| image = Check to the Queen.jpg
| caption =
| director = Pasquale Festa Campanile
| writer = Tullio Pinelli
Brunello Rondi
| starring =
| music = Piero Piccioni
| cinematography = Roberto Gerardi
| editing = Mario Morra
| language = Italian
|released = {{Film date|1973}}
}}
Scacco alla regina, internationally released as Check to the Queen, is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.
It is based on the novel The Slave by Renato Ghiotto.{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2007|isbn=8884405033}}{{cite book|last=Andrea Pergolari|title=Verso la commedia: momenti del cinema di Steno, Salce, Festa Campanile|publisher=Firenze libri, 2002}}
Plot
Margaret Mevin is an arrogant famous actress, accustomed to being served and revered by the people with whom she surrounds herself. Silvia comes to her service as a lady companion, but her submissive role soon acquires masochistic traits and homosexual shades.
Cast
- Rosanna Schiaffino: Margaret Mevin
- Haydée Politoff: Silvia
- Romolo Valli: Enrico Valdam
- Aldo Giuffrè: Spartaco
- Daniela Surina: Dina
- Gabriele Tinti
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0166789}}
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Category:Films directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
Category:Italian LGBTQ-related films
Category:Films scored by Piero Piccioni
Category:1969 LGBTQ-related films
Category:1960s Italian-language films
Category:Italian-language comedy films
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