The Gold of Naples
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| L'Oro di Napoli | |
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| Directed by | Vittorio De Sica |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis Marcello Girosi Carlo Ponti |
| Written by | Giuseppe Marotta (novel) Vittorio De Sica |
| Starring | Silvana Mangano Sophia Loren Paolo Stoppa Totò |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
| Cinematography | Carlo Montuori |
| Editing by | Eraldo Da Roma |
| Distributed by | Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 11 February 1957 (USA) |
| Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Gold of Naples (Italian: L'oro di Napoli) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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[edit] Plot
The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes: a clown exploited by a hoodlum; an inconsistent pizza seller (Loren) losing her husband's ring; the funeral of a child; the impoverished inveterate gambler Count Prospero B. being reduced to force his concierge's preteen kid to play cards with him (and regularly being defeated); the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute; the exploits "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller" who "solves problems".
[edit] Cast
- Silvana Mangano ... Teresa (segment "Teresa")
- Sophia Loren ... Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")
- Eduardo De Filippo ... Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")
- Paolo Stoppa ... Don Peppino, il vedovo (segment "Pizze a credito")
- Erno Crisa ... Don Nicola (segment "Teresa")
- Totò ... Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
- Lianella Carell ... Carolina, sua moglie (segment "Il guappo")
- Giacomo Furia ... Rosario, marito di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")
- Tina Pica ... La donna anziana (segment "Il professore")
- Alberto Farnese ... Alfredo, l'amante di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")
- Tecla Scarano ... L'amica del vedovo (segment "Pizze a credito")
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Gold of Naples". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3743/year/1955.html. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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