Donatella is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli.

At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival Elsa Martinelli won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

[1] Donatella is a simple and honest Roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner.

One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady who offers Donatella a job as a secretary as a reward: she has to manage the lady's villa during her absences, a job that does not require any particular commitment and allows Donatella to live for a while in the high society, unknown to her.

Donatella casually meets Maurizio, a rich, elegant and well-educated young man, and ends up falling in love.