Under fascism, there are no limits to sacrificing one’s honor—and in Wertmüller’s outrageous picaresque, comedy and tragedy are indistinguishable. When city hustler, Giancarlo Giannini, accidentally murders the lover of one of his seven sisters—a series of mishaps land him in a concentration camp, where he must seduce the homely Nazi commandant to stay alive. Controversial in its day, the film led Wertmüller to become the first woman nominated for a Best Director Academy Award.

In Italian with English subtitles.

World premiere of new 2K restoration.