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Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Napolitean episodes : a clown exploited by a gangster ; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) loosing her husband's ring ; the funeral of a dead child ; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid ; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute ; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller".
Original Release
12/23/1954
US Release
02/11/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Totò | Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo") |
Lianella Carell | Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo") |
Pasquale Cennamo | Don Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo") |
Agostino Salvietti | Gennaro Esposito (segment "Il guappo") |
Sophia Loren | Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Paolo Stoppa | Don Peppino - il vedovo (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Giacomo Furia | Rosario - marito di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Alberto Farnese | Alfredo - l'amante di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Tecla Scarano | Un amico di Peppino (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Tartaro Pasquale | Cafiero (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Directors
Writers
Vittorio De Sica, Giuseppe Marotta, Cesare Zavattini
Cast
Name | Character |
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Totò | Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo") |
Lianella Carell | Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo") |
Pasquale Cennamo | Don Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo") |
Agostino Salvietti | Gennaro Esposito (segment "Il guappo") |
Sophia Loren | Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Paolo Stoppa | Don Peppino - il vedovo (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Giacomo Furia | Rosario - marito di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Alberto Farnese | Alfredo - l'amante di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Tecla Scarano | Un amico di Peppino (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Tartaro Pasquale | Cafiero (segment "Pizze a credito") |
Teresa De Vita | La madre (segment "Funeralino") |
Pierino Bilancioni | Il piccolo Gennarino (segment "I giocatori") |
Lars Borgström | Federico - the Doorkeeper (segment "I giocatori") |
Mario Passante | Giovanni - the Butler (segment "I giocatori") |
Silvana Mangano | Teresa (segment "Teresa") |
Erno Crisa | Don Nicola (segment "Teresa") |
Ubaldo Maestri | Don Ubaldo (segment "Teresa") |
Eduardo De Filippo | Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore") |
Tina Pica | Old woman (segment "Il professore") |
Nino Imparato | Gennaro (segment "Il professore") |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Marcello Girosi | Executive Producer |
Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
Carlo Ponti | Producer |