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David di Donatello 1978

the david di donatello is an italian film award, awarded by the ente david di donatello of the academy of italian cinema since 1956.

Edition number 23 of the event; awards assigned:




Miglior regista

poster del film a special day
  for the movie a special day
Assigned to
Ettore Scola

Miglior regista straniero

poster del film the duellists
  for the movie the duellists
Assigned to
Ridley Scott
poster del film the goodbye girl
  for the movie the goodbye girl
Assigned to
Herbert Ross


best foreign actor

poster del film the goodbye girl
  for the movie the goodbye girl
Assigned to
Richard Dreyfuss
poster del film The Turning Point
  for the movie The Turning Point

best actress

poster del film a special day
  for the movie a special day
Assigned to
Sophia Loren
  for the movie il gatto
Assigned to
Mariangela Melato

best foreign actress

poster del film julia
  for the movie julia
Assigned to
Jane Fonda
poster del film Madame Rosa
  for the movie Madame Rosa
Assigned to
Simone Signoret


david european

poster del film julia
  for the movie julia
Assigned to
Fred Zinnemann