Check to the Queen

{{Infobox film | name = Check to the Queen | image = Check to the Queen.jpg | caption = | director = Pasquale Festa Campanile | writer = Tullio Pinelli<br /> Brunello Rondi | starring = | music = Piero Piccioni | cinematography = Roberto Gerardi | editing = Mario Morra | language = Italian |released = {{Film date|1973}} }} '''''Scacco alla regina''''', internationally released as '''''Check to the Queen''''', is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.

It is based on the novel ''The Slave'' by Renato Ghiotto.<ref name="6gt">{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2007|isbn=8884405033}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Andrea Pergolari|title=Verso la commedia: momenti del cinema di Steno, Salce, Festa Campanile|publisher=Firenze libri, 2002}}</ref>

== Plot == Margaret Mevin is an arrogant famous actress, accustomed to being served and revered by the people with whom she surrounds herself. Silvia comes to her service as a lady companion, but her submissive role soon acquires masochistic traits and homosexual shades.

== Cast == *Rosanna Schiaffino: Margaret Mevin *Haydée Politoff: Silvia *Romolo Valli: Enrico Valdam *Aldo Giuffrè: Spartaco *Daniela Surina: Dina *Gabriele Tinti

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0166789}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Check to the Queen}} Category:1969 films Category:Italian comedy films Category:1969 comedy films Category:Films directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile Category:Italian LGBTQ-related films Category:1969 Italian films Category:Films scored by Piero Piccioni Category:1969 LGBTQ-related films Category:1969 Italian-language films Category:Italian-language comedy films Category:LGBTQ-related comedy films