---
title: 'The Scientific Cardplayer (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luigi Comencini'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-scientific-cardplayer-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069235/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Scientific Cardplayer (1972)

1972 · 113 min · Comedy · Italy

Original title: Lo scopone scientifico

## Synopsis

The Scientific Cardplayer, also known as The Scopone Game, is a 1972 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. The screenplay was written by Rodolfo Sonego. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luigi Comencini](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-comencini)
- **Screenplay:** [Rodolfo Sonego](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodolfo-sonego)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Piero Piccioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-piccioni)
- **Producer:** [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giuseppe Ruzzolini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-ruzzolini)
- **Editor:** [Nino Baragli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-baragli)

## Cast

- [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten)
- [Giselda Castrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giselda-castrini)
- [Ennio Antonelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-antonelli)
- [Franca Scagnetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/franca-scagnetti)
- [Aristide Caporale](https://cinepixo.com/people/aristide-caporale)
- [Marco Tulli](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-tulli)
- [Silvana Mangano](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvana-mangano)
- [Bette Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-davis)
- [Dalila Di Lazzaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/dalila-di-lazzaro)
- [Daniele Dublino](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniele-dublino)
- [Domenico Modugno](https://cinepixo.com/people/domenico-modugno)
- [Guido Cerniglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/guido-cerniglia)
- [Alberto Sordi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-sordi)
- [Mario Carotenuto](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-carotenuto)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-scientific-cardplayer-1972
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