60 minSeason 1 • Episode 14
LatestCollege is a 1990 Italian comedy television series, based on the 1983/4 film College. It aired on Tuesdays at 20.30 in Italy from March 6 to June 5 1990 for a total of 14 episodes. The episodes were directed by Lorenzo Castellano and Federico Moccia. The music for the series was provided by Claudio Simonetti. The female lead in the series is Federica Moro, Miss Italy, while her male counterpart, and her boyfriend, is Keith Van Hoven. The college featured in the series is located near the Naval Academy in the heart of Tuscany. The show was produced by Reteitalia and had excellent results in the ratings, with a peak of 6 million viewers per episode. It has since been re-run on numerous satellite channels.
Score
Claudio Simonetti's synth-pop that's better than it needs to be
Costume
Peak early '90s Italian fashion, unironically aspirational
Creators
Castellano, Pipolo
Federica Moro
Arianna Silvestri
Keith Van Hoven
Marco Poggi
Fabrizio Bracconeri
Carletto Staccioli
Fabio Ferrari
Caporale Emilio Baldani
George Hilton
Colonnello Armando Madison
Lara Wendel
Beatrice Barbieri
Nico Davenia
Pietro Rocco, detto "Roccia"
Gérard Bonn
Diego Sanchez
Jessi Calzà
Vally Chiaro
Ann Margaret Hughes
Prof.ssa Müller
Roberto Della Casa
Capitano Salice
Anna Teresa Rossini
Direttrice Marisa Ricci
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This series represents Italy's brief obsession with importing foreign leads—Keith Van Hoven was part of a trend of Dutch actors in Italian cinema.
Director Federico Moccia later became infamous for the 'Love' trilogy starting with Tre metri sopra il cielo—this was his respectable origin story.
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