Finishing School () is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Susan Stephen, Anna Maria Ferrero and Jacques Sernas. It was made at Cinecittà with sets designed by the art director Franco Lolli. It is also known by the alternative title of Luxury Girls.
Plot
After finishing her studies, an American, Susan Miller, spends a vacation period in Rome with her parents. His father, a wealthy man who led a dissipated life, sent him to complete his worldly education at the famous college of Mont-Fleuri, Switzerland.
Cast
Susan Stephen as Lorna Whitmore
Anna Maria Ferrero as Valerie De Beranger
Jacques Sernas as Jean-Jacques
Steve Barclay as George Whitmore
Marina Vlady as Eljay
Brunella Bovo as Jeannie Gordon
Rossana Podestà as Pereira
Elisa Cegani as Madame Charpentier
Claudio Gora as Professor Charpentier
Estelle Brody as Mrs. Whitmore
Lawrence Ward as Greg Wilson
Paola Mori as Beejay
Roberto Risso as Steve
Eva Vanicek as Statistician
Vera Palumbo as Knitter
Anna Casini as Albino
Colette Laurent as Boopie
Bianca Manenti as Maid
Charles Rutherford as Jean-Jacques' friend
Mary Alcaide as Ballet Mistress
Liana Del Balzo as Princess De Vick-Beranger
Franco Lodi as Riding Instructor
Leopoldo Savona as Boyfriend of Val
Luisella Boni
Giovanna Pala
Roberta Primavera
References
Bibliography
Heiko Feldner, Claire Gorrara & Kevin Passmore. The Lost Decade? The 1950s in European History, Politics, Society and Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.