Totò
Totò was born Antonio Clemente in a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente from Sicily and Marquis Giuseppe De Curtis from Naples. Nicknamed “il principe della risata’ (the prince of laughter), he was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter, and widely considered one of the greatest Italian artists of the 20th century. While he first gained his popularity as a comic actor, his dramatic roles, poetry, and songs are all of cultural import; his style and a number of his recurring jokes and gestures have become universally known memes in Italy. As a comic actor, Totò is classified as an heir of the Commedia dell'Arte tradition, and has been compared to such figures as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. At the age of 15, he was already acting as a comedian in small theatres, under the pseudonym "Clerment". His early repertoire mostly consisted in imitations of Gustavo De Marco's characters. He served in the army during World War I and then went back to acting to develop the trademarks of his style. In 1937, he appeared in his first movie "Fermo con le mani", and later starred in 96 more films, many of which are still frequently broadcast on Italian television. In his vast cinematographic career, Totò had the opportunity to act side by side with virtually all major Italian actors of the time. Totò's unmistakable figure, with his peculiarly irregular face (due to an accident in his teen years), and his unique trademark ability to disarticulate his body like a marionette, soon became very popular and his comic gags became part of the Italian culture. Totò died at the age of 69 in Rome after a series of heart attacks. Due to overwhelming popularity there were three funeral services: the first in Rome, and the second and third in Naples. Totò's birth home has been recently opened to the public as a museum.
The Treasure of San Gennaro
as Don VincenzoA pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Genaro, in Napoli.
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Big Deal on Madonna Street
as Dante CrucianiBest friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks...
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The Witches
as Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress...
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Cops and Robbers
as Ferdinando EspositoEsposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts...
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Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
as AntonioAntonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is...
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The Band of Honest Men
as Antonio BuonocoreItaly, mid '60s. Three guys from a poor neighbourhood try to get rich by printing fake money...
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Totò le Mokò
as Antonio Lumaconi / Totò le MokoMobster Pepé Le Mokò dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor...
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The Hawks and the Sparrows
as Totò Innocenti / Frate CicilloA man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social...
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Are We Men or Corporals?
as Totò EspositoThese are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp,...
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Totò diabolicus
as Galeazzo / Carlo / Scipione / Antonio / Laudomia / PasqualeThe marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself...
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Poverty and Nobility
as Don Felice SciosciammoccaEugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help...
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He Who Hesitates Is Lost
as Antonio GuardalavecchiaAfter their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them...
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Totòtruffa '62
as Antonio LoRuffoAntonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by...
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Toto in Madrid
as Totò ScorcelettiWhen the swindler La Spada and his accomplice José come out of jail in Madrid, they decide to...
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Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
as Antonio CaponiAntonio, Peppino and Lucia are three brothers who live in the country near Naples. Lucia's son,...
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Two Colonels
as Colonnello Di MaggioIn WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging...
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Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
as Dott. Biagio TanzarellaA petty thief pretends he is Mussolini's personal physician, wins the confidence of a family,...
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Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
as Antonio La Puzza / Amministratore di CanarinisAntonio goes to West Berlin and meets Giuseppe. But Antonio looks like Canarinis, a wanted war...
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Il medico dei pazzi
as Felice SciosciammoccaFelice Sciosciammocca, the mayor of Roccasecca, sends his nephew Ciccillo to Naples so that he...
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Totò d'Arabia
as TotòToto, a former Italian military servant who works as a servant at the British Intelligence...
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Toto and the Women
as Antonio ScaparroAntonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the...
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The Gold of Naples
as Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza...
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La cambiale
as Cesare PosalaquagliaThe Posalaquaglia cousins are two small scammers and make a living of expedients: Dante receives...
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The Passionate Thief
as Umberto 'Infortunio' PennazzutoOn New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply...
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What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
as Totò Baby / il PadreA pair of brothers, Baby Toto and Pietro, sons of different mothers, live stealing suitcases at...
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The Emperor of Capri
as Antonio De FazioBeautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince...
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Neapolitan Turk
as Felice SciosciammoccaNaples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses...
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Gli onorevoli
as Antonio La TrippaSome political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election...
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The Overtaxed
as Torquato PezzellaMr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and...
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Totò all'inferno
as Antonio MarchiAfter several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river...
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Signori si nasce
as Ottone Degli Ulivi, detto ZazàBaron Zazà, always broke due his dissolute lifestyle, decides to con a hefty sum of money out of...
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Totò Double or Nothing?
as Duca Gagliardo della ForcolettaThe penniless Duke decides to participate in "Lascia o raddoppia", a TV quiz show, in order to...
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The Shortest Day
as frate bersagliereTwo jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an...
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The Mandrake
as il frateA young man hatches a plan to sleep with another man's infertile wife. Based on the play by...
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Totò cerca casa
as Beniamino LomacchioBeniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years...
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Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
as Cavalier Antonio CocozzaA boy and a girl fall in love but their fathers take a strong dislike to each other, clashing...
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Totó in color
as Antonio ScannagattiIn the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio...
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Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
as Michele Spillone detto MikeThe fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the...
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Toto Tours Italy
as Prof. Totò CasamandreiA professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful...
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Where Is Freedom?
as Salvatore LojaconoA barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust...
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Lo smemorato di Collegno
as lo smemoratoA man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo...
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Toto the Third Man
as Piero / Paolo / TotòIn a small village two twin brothers are of opposite characters. One is mayor of the town, gruff...
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Of Life and Love
as Rosario ChiarchiaroA film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a...
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47 Talking Corpses
as Il barone Antonio PelettiGreedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box...
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Letto a tre piazze
as Antonio Di CosimoAntonio married Amalia and went to fight in Russia during World War II. Since he didn't return...
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The Law Is the Law
as Giuseppe La PagliaAssola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses...
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The Two Marshals
as Antonio CapurroSeptember 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange...
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Totò vs the Four
as commissario Antonio SaracinoThe day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his...
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Toto and Cleopatra
as Marc'Antonio / TotonnoMark Antony has a brother-lookalike, Totonno, a sinister slave trader. Totonno secretly replaces...
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Toto and the Kings of Rome
as Ercole PappalardoAn aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
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Totò contro Maciste
as TotokamenTotokamen is an entertainer and an illusionist who performs in various Egyptian nightclubs...
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Legs of Gold
as Barone Luigi FontanaBaron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the...
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Totò contro il pirata nero
as JosèJosé is a Neapolitan petty thief who escapes from the guards and hides himself in a barrel of...
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The Monk of Monza
as Pasquale Cicciacalda / Don ManuelPasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy...
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What Are the Clouds?
as IagoSome puppets come to life in a theater with no windows. This time the puppets interpret William...
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The Thieves
as Commissario Di SavioAn Italian-American mobster is sent back to Naples from the States. He moves to Italy with all...
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Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche
as Antonio VignarelloA psychiatric-clinic medical director runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio...
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Caprice Italian Style
as Anziano Signore / IagoThe film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share...
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The Firemen of Viggiù
as TotòIn the village of Viggiù, the firemen organize various skits and performances in their theater,...
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Naples '44
as Self (archive footage)A British Intelligence Officer in Naples at the end of World War II: Norman Lewis's acknowledged...
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Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
as Antonio BarbacaneAntonio goes to Rome to represent his fellow peasants, to request a highway that will be built...
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Una di quelle
as Rocco BardelliRocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in...
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Totò cerca moglie
as TotòAunt Agatha writes to Toto, informing him that she won't send him another penny until he is married.
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Destinazione Piovarolo
as Antonio La QuagliaAntonio La Quaglia becomes the railroader in Piovarolo during 1922 meanwhile the fascism is...
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Toto the Sheik
as Antonio SaponeAntonio is the humble servant of a rich family governed by the Marquis Gastone. He is a young...
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Man, Beast and Virtue
as Prof. PaolinoPaolino, a teacher at an elementary school near Naples, appears nervous for a few days and his...
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Side Street Story
as Pasquale MieleA combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the...
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I tre ladri
as TapiocaTapioca, a small-time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, where he is soon joined by...
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We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
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Fifa e arena
as Nicolino CapeceIn Napoli, Nicolino Capece, a truthful pharmacist clerk becomes erroneously recognized as a...
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Animal Crackers
as Barone Tolomeo dei TolomeiAfter several unsuccessful suicide attempts, Totò finds himself in an animal asylum.
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Toto and Carolina
as Antonio CaccavalloDuring a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to...
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Sette ore di guai
as Totò De PasqualeTotò is a tailor but not a great tailor. He is married and his son is to be baptized and Totò...
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The Earth As Seen from the Moon
as Ciancicato MiaoCiancicato Miao and his son, after the death of his wife and mother by mushroom poisoning, are...
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Noi duri
as L'AlgerinoLieutenant Bombardone is in Paris to wipe out a gang of drug traffickers.
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Roman Tales
as Professor SempriniAlvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario,...
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The Rape of the Sabine
as Aristide TromboniErnesto is the teacher of the village, he is married and he is dominated by his wife. He has the...
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Beautiful Families
as Filiberto ComanducciThe film's theme is four episodes that offer the public a glimpse into the lives of rich and...
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Funniest Show on Earth
as TottonsA clown named Tottons of the Togni circus, obliged to never take off his clown makeup or reveal...
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Toto in Paris
as Marchese Gastone de Chemantel / Chateau-Boiron / il vagabondo TotòDuclos's son, a worldly gangster, is compromised in a case of which he is innocent. The proof of...
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Tototarzan
as Antonio Della BuffasRoaming the vast jungles of Congo with his best friend, Bongo the gorilla, Antonio della Buffas,...
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Le motorizzate
as Urbano Cacace (segment "Il Vigile Ignoto")Five episodes about women drivers during the economic boom.
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Totò Sexy
as Nini CantachiaroTwo strange street musicians end up in jail and exchange sexy stories to while away time.
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Rita the American Girl
as Serafino BenvenutiProfessor Serafino Benvenuti is a master of classical music who has the passion of the orchestra...
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I due orfanelli
as GasparreIn 19th-century France, middle-aged orphans Gasparre and Battista, watchmen at an orphanage,...
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San Giovanni decollato
as Mastro Agostino MiciacioMastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying...
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Le sei mogli di Barbablù
as Totò EspositoYoung swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he...
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Totò nella Luna
as Pasquale BelafronteTwo men embarks upon a space race. Their efforts are hampered by aliens who clone the heroes to...
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You're on Your Own
as Il nonno illuminatoIn post war Italy during the fifties it is very difficult to find a house to rent and a family...
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Latin Lovers
as Rag. Antonio Gargiulo (ep. Amore e morte)The film is composed of five episodes which depict Italians' love lives in the 1960s.
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Totò cerca pace
as Gennaro PiselliTwo widowers decide to get married but their decision is continually hampered by their...
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L'allegro fantasma
as Nicolino & Gelsomino & AntoninoThe noble Pantaleo Di Santa Paola has just died, and the preamble to his will is a confession in...
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The Commandant
as Col. Antonio CavalliThe retired general Antonio Cavalli is a nuisance to his family: to his wife Francesca who still...
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Hands Off Me!
as Conte Toto di TorretotaIn his first feature, great Italian clown Totò plays a carefree tramp moving from job to job, in...
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Figaro qua... Figaro là
as FigaroIn the 18th century, Figaro the Sevillian barber is likely to be arrested because he operates...
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Slave Girl
as Gobbone il cammello (narratore)Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and...
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Il coraggio
as Gennaro VaccarielloA wealthy trader saves the life of a poor suicidal man who then decides that his savior has the...
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Totò nella fossa dei leoni
as TotòThe explorer Smith leaves with Laura, a beautiful but naive girl, in search of Professor Berti,...
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Toto at Night
as NiniNini and Mimi are strolling musicians-bassist. For days they are playing on the streets of Rome....
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Toto and Marcellino
as Il ProfessoreMarcellino becomes an orphan and finds two uncles--a good old eccentric man and a villain.
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How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
as Self (archive footage)
The Anatomy of Love
as DionilloNine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.
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Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past....
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Yvonne of the Night
as Nino, il fantasistaCarlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father...
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Variety carousel
as uncreditedA painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the...
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Risate all'italiana
as uncreditedA sort of best of popular comedy skits from previous films by various directors.
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Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino
as Barnaba Parmiggiani aka 'Babà'Barnabas, said Don Giovannino, is a true lover of beautiful women. One day he chases a beautiful...
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Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak
as Totò l'agente segretoToto participates in various samples in a study of cinema, first going in a studio where there's...
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