The Seventh Floor (1967) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1967 · 112 mins · Italian

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Starring

Ugo Tognazzi, Tina Louise, Riccardo Garrone, Marco Ferreri, Cesare Gelli, Luigi Leoni

Directed by Ugo Tognazzi, this off‑beat black comedy follows Giuseppe, a middle‑aged industrialist obsessed with gadgets, whose nose suddenly begins to whistle. He checks into a clinic for a cure, but the minor problem spirals into a series of ailments. Each new illness moves him to a higher floor, and as his condition worsens he climbs ever upward until he teeters on the brink of death.