Movie

Rita the American Girl

★ 5.6(13)19651h 31m

Comedy

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Rita the American Girl is streaming on Netflix in Sweden. Availability checked 24 July 2026.

Where to watch Rita the American Girl

🇸🇪 Sweden

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Good to know

Director: Piero Vivarelli
Release date: 1965-12-02
Runtime: 1h 31m
Language: Italian
Status: Released
Country: Italy
Studio: CMV Produzione Cinematografica

About Rita the American Girl

Rita the American Girl is a 1965 movie in the Comedy genre, directed by Piero Vivarelli, starring Totò, Rita Pavone and Fabrizio Capucci. It has a runtime of 1 hour 31 minutes. It holds an average rating of 5.6/10 from 13 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Rita the American Girl in Sweden — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Professor Serafino Benvenuti is a master of classical music who has the passion of the orchestra director. However, the young audience of the 60 does not appreciate classical composers like Mozart or Beethoven, and so Serafino is likely to have compromised his image as a director. One day Serafino receives the news that his adopted daughter Rita is about to return to Italy from America, where she is studying. Serafino is very happy, because at least he can teach her the real music. However, Rita is deeply grown and changed: she follows the musical patterns of her time: the rock music and blues. Serafino gets very angry, especially when he discovers that his daughter falls in love with a young man, a member of a band called "The Rockets.