Sex Can Be Difficult

Sex Can Be Difficult

Eros on the rampage in three delightful sketches concerning love and sex… or sex and love?

1962•1h 55m•6.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(8)

A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.

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Production

Eichberg-Film, SpA Cinematografica

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Enrico Maria Salerno

Enrico Maria Salerno

L'uomo (segment "Le donne")

Catherine Spaak

Catherine Spaak

Valeria (segment "Le donne")

Claudia Mori

Claudia Mori

La squillo (segment "Le donne")

Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")

Nadja Tiller

Nadja Tiller

La moglie del ricco decaduto (segment "L'avaro")

Lilla Brignone

Lilla Brignone

Anna (segment "L'avaro")

Adriano Rimoldi

Adriano Rimoldi

Il marito (segment "L'avaro")

Nino Manfredi

Nino Manfredi

Il soldato (segment "L'avventura di un soldato")

Fulvia Franco

Fulvia Franco

La vedova (segment "L'avventura di un soldato")

Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer

Hilde Brenner (segment "Il serpente")

Bernhard Wicki

Bernhard Wicki

Hans (segment "Il serpente")

Gastone Moschin

Gastone Moschin

Maresciallo (segment "Il serpente")

Rosita Pisano

Rosita Pisano

Una viaggiatrice

Annamaria Mustari

Corrado Olmi

Corrado Olmi

Sandro Dori

Sandro Dori

Giuseppe Grasso

Luigi Borghese

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