Le bambole

Le bambole (US title: The Dolls; UK title: Four Kinds of Love) is a 1965 comedy anthology film in four segments, starring Gina Lollobrigida, Nino Manfredi, Elke Sommer, Jean Sorel, Monica Vitti, Virna Lisi and Akim Tamiroff.

Directed by

• Mauro Bolognini
• Luigi Comencini
• Dino Risi
• Franco Rossi

Screenplay by

• Rodolfo Sonego
• Luciano Salce Steno
• Leo Benvenuti
• Piero De Bernardi

Story by

• Rodolfo Sonego
• Luciano Salce Steno
• Luigi Magni
• Leo Benvenuti
• Piero De Bernardi

Based onThe Decameron
by Giovanni Boccaccio

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Le bambole
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Directed by	Mauro Bolognini Luigi Comencini Dino Risi Franco Rossi
Screenplay by	Rodolfo Sonego Luciano Salce Steno Leo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi
Story by	Rodolfo Sonego Luciano Salce Steno Luigi Magni Leo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi
Based on	The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Produced by	Gianni Hecht Lucari
Starring	Gina Lollobrigida Nino Manfredi Elke Sommer Jean Sorel Monica Vitti Virna Lisi Akim Tamiroff
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni Roberto Gerardi Ennio Guarnieri Mario Montuori
Edited by	Roberto Cinquini Giorgio Serrallonga
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Distributed by	CEIAD (Italy) Columbia Pictures (France)
Release dates	26 January 1965 (1965-01-26) (Italy) 7 July 1965 (1965-07-07) (France)
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

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The four vignettes—"The Telephone Call" ("La telefonata"), "Treatise on Eugenics" ("Il trattato di eugenetica"), "The Soup" ("La minestra"), and "Monsignor Cupid" ("Monsignor Cupido")—concern secrets of love and secret lovers.^[1] The fourth segment is based on a tale of Boccaccio's The Decameron.^[2]