Escalation

Escalation (1968)

29/02/1968
Comedy
1h 29m

They tried to turn him into a sexual square!

Overview

1968, London. Luca is living his 'swinging' years away from duties, while his father wants him to take the reins of the family business. He plots to have him kidnapped and placed in a sanitarium, where the young man undergoes electroshock therapy until 'normalised'. Luca is then made to marry a woman who is actually a psychiatrist hired to turn him into a perfect businessman.

  • Roberto FaenzaDirector, Screenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Italian

Keywords

  • counter-culture
  • may 68
  • hippie art

Top Billed Cast

Claudine Auger

Claudine Auger

Carla Maria Mannini

Lino Capolicchio

Lino Capolicchio

Luca Lambertinghi

Gabriele Ferzetti

Gabriele Ferzetti

Augusto Lambertinghi

Didi Perego

Didi Perego

Private investigator

Leopoldo Trieste

Leopoldo Trieste

Priest / Guru

Paola Corinti

Augusto's lover

Dada Gallotti

Dada Gallotti

Nurse

Harold Null

Police sergeant

Jacqueline Perrier

Jacqueline Perrier

Valeria Lambertenghi

Michele Riccardini

Detective

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