La bellissima estate

The Beautiful Summer
The Beautiful Summer
Directed by	Sergio Martino
Screenplay by	Sauro Scavolini; Sergio Martino
Story by	Luciano Martino; Sauro Scavolini
Produced by	Luciano Martino
Starring	Alessandro Cocco; Senta Berger; John Richardson
Cinematography	Giancarlo Ferrando
Edited by	Daniele Alabiso
Music by	Alberto Pomeranz; Luciano Michelini
Production; company	Dania Film
Distributed by	Titanus (Italy); Toho Towa (Japan)
Release dates	December 6, 1974 (Italy); September 27, 1975 (Japan); June 13, 1978 (USA);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Beautiful Summer (Italian: La bellissima estate) is a 1974 Italian melodrama film directed by Sergio Martino.^[1]^[2] It stars Alessandro Cocco, Senta Berger and John Richardson.^[1]

The film is part of the genre of melodramatic films known as "lacrima movies" or "tearjerker movies". It has been best remembered for the soundtrack piece "Il barone rosso" by Luciano Michelini, which would eventually become the theme song of the comedy show, Curb Your Enthusiasm. It was originally released in the United States as Summer to Remember, with other titles such as Smile of Love and Never Ending Love.

^ ^a ^b Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

[70-79s-1] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.

[Mereghetti-2] Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

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