- Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Release: 1979-01-12
- Director: Salvatore Samperi
- Writers: Umberto Saba , Barbara Alberti , Amedeo Pagani , Salvatore Samperi
- Language: Italian
- Stars: Martin Halm , Michele Placido , Virna Lisi , Turi Ferro , Lara Wendel , Lara Wendel , Lara Wendel , Gisela Hahn , Stefano Madia , Francisco Marsó , Miranda Nocelli , Concha Velasco
- Runtime: 94 min
- Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
- AKA: Ernesto (Brazil) , エルネスト 美しき少年 (Japan) , Ernesto (Germany) , Ernesto , Ernesto (Greece) , Ernesto (Italy) , Ernesto (Mexico) , Ernesto (United Kingdom)
- Plot:
Ernesto (Martin Halm) is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle’s factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle’s employees–then experiments with heterosexuality, courtesy of an obliging prostitute. When the boy finds himself participating in an arranged marriage with the female twin of one of his male lovers, he finally makes the choice that will determine the direction of his subsequent sex life.
- IMDB:tt0079111
Ernesto Cast · · · ALL
Salvatore Samperi
Director
Martin Halm
Ernesto
Michele Placido
The man
Virna Lisi
Ernesto's Mother
Turi Ferro
Carlo Wilder
Lara Wendel
Ilio / Rachele
Gisela Hahn
Signora Luzzato, Mother of Ilio and Rachele
Stefano Madia
Ernesto's friend Andrea
Francisco Marsó
Uncle Giovanni
Concha Velasco
Aunt Regina
Renato Salvatori
Cesco
Enrique San Francisco
(uncredited)
Enrique Vivó
(uncredited)