Women of the World

Women of the World
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Gualtiero Jacopetti Paolo Cavara Franco Prosperi
Written by	Gualtiero Jacopetti Paolo Cavara Franco Prosperi
Produced by	Gualtiero Jacopetti Paolo Cavara Franco Prosperi
Narrated by	Stefano Sibaldi Peter Ustinov (English-language version)
Cinematography	Antonio Climati Benito Frattari
Edited by	Gualtiero Jacopetti
Music by	Nino Oliviero Riz Ortolani orchestrated and conducted by Riz Ortolani
Production company	Cineriz
Distributed by	Embassy Pictures
Release date	30 January 1963 (1963-01-30) (Italy)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Women of the World (original title La donna nel mondo) is a 1963 Italian mondo film, also described as a "shockumentary", written and directed by filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara, and Franco Prosperi. It was rushed into release on 30 January, following the international box-office success achieved by its predecessor, the initial mondo film, Mondo Cane, which premiered in Italy ten months earlier, 30 March 1962.^[1] The English language print was narrated by Peter Ustinov.

Following the pattern set by the original concept and consisting mostly of leftover footage from the first film, Women of the World is, again, a series of travelogue vignettes which provide glimpses into the lives of its title subjects, with the intention of shocking or surprising Western film audiences.^[2] However, unlike the previous film which had no specific central subject matter, but rather presented a kaleidoscopic display of shocking content, the second film was marketed as directly promising a titillating display of feminine flesh and intrigue as well as exotic sexual practices. As with the first film, despite its claims of being a genuine documentary, a number of the depicted scenes are either staged or creatively manipulated.^[3]