The Scientific Cardplayer

The Scientific Cardplayer
Lo Scopone Scientifico
Theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed byLuigi Comencini
Screenplay byRodolfo Sonego
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
StarringAlberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten and Bette Davis
CinematographyGiuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited byNino Baragli
Music byPiero Piccioni
Production
company
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Scientific Cardplayer, also known as The Scopone Game (Italian: Lo scopone scientifico), is a 1972 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. The screenplay was written by Rodolfo Sonego. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[1]

  1. ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.