Still from Seven Beauties — Seven Beauties (1975) — Lina WertmüllerPhotographed by Tonino Delli Colli

Lina Wertmüller

Seven Beauties

Name: Seven Beauties
Genre: Drama, Comedy, War
Released: 1975
Duration: 116 min

Pasqualino Settebellezze

Italian / 1975 / 1h 56m

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Drama Comedy War

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Synopsis

Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. The Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by seducing a German officer.