Marriage
Directed by	Antonio Petrucci
Written by	Anton Chekhov (play) Sandro Continenza Luigi Filippo D'Amico Antonio Petrucci Ermanno Contini Vittorio Veltroni
Produced by	Paolo Moffa
Starring	Vittorio De Sica Silvana Pampanini Alberto Sordi Valentina Cortese
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Production companies	Film Costellazione Produzione Zebra Films
Distributed by	CEI Incom
Release date	25 February 1954
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Marriage (Italian: Il matrimonio) is a 1954 Italian historical comedy film directed by Antonio Petrucci and starring Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Pampanini and Alberto Sordi. It consists of three segments, based on three stage plays by Anton Chekhov.^[1][2]

It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori.

Plot

Grisna Smirnov Vittorio De Sica courts Elena Silvana Pampanini with almost fatal results.

Cast

• Vittorio De Sica as Grisna Smirnov
• Silvana Pampanini as Elena Ivanovna Popova
• Alberto Sordi as Ivan Vassilievic Lomov
• Valentina Cortese as Natalia
• Renato Rascel as Revunov
• Guglielmo Barnabò as Stefan Ciubucov
• Bice Valori as Levatrice
• Ave Ninchi as Nastasia
• Carlo Sposito as Epaminonda Massinovich
• Franco Scandurra as Andrej Andrejevich Niunin
• Pina Bottin as Daschenka, la sposa
• Nino Milano as Kharlampy Marshmallopolis, il mercante greco
• Vittorina Benvenuti as Maria, la domestica della vedova Popova
• Bruno Smith as Luca, il cocchiere
• Attilio Martella as Ivan Mihailovich, il telegrafista
• Gustavo Serena as Scingalov, il padre della sposa
• Pietro De Santis as Vanya, il servo della vedova Popova