William Dalrymple (historian)

Nel blu, dipinto di blu
Directed by	Piero Tellini
Written by	Ettore Scola Piero Tellini Cesare Zavattini
Starring	Domenico Modugno Giovanna Ralli Vittorio De Sica
Cinematography	Gianni Di Venanzo
Music by	Mario Nascimbene
Release date	1959 (1959)
Language	Italian

Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Italian pronunciation: [nel ˈblu diˈpinto di ˈblu]), also known as Nel blu, dipinto di blu – Volare, is a 1959 Italian comedy film written and directed by Piero Tellini and starring Domenico Modugno, Giovanna Ralli and Vittorio De Sica.^[1]

• Domenico Modugno as Turi La Rosa
• Giovanna Ralli as Assuntina
• Vittorio De Sica as Spartaco
• Ida Galli as Donata
• Franco Migliacci as Peppe
• Carlo Taranto as Remo
• Riccardo Garrone as "Tre Stecche"
• Gino Buzzanca as the Sicilian industrialist
• Elisabetta Velinska as the daughter of the industrialist
• José Jaspe as Maresciallo
• Juan Calvo as Sor Ettore
• Loris Bazzocchi as Carlino (credited as Antonio Bazzocchi)
• Gianni Meccia as Carabinieri Brigadier
• Elvira Tonelli as Sora Teresa
• Anna Campori as Donata's mistress
• Ada Colangeli as the owner of the shop

• List of Italian films of 1959

• Nel blu, dipinto di blu at IMDb