Toto Tours Italy
| Toto Tours Italy | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
| Written by | Vittorio Metz Marcello Marchesi |
| Produced by | Lorenzo Pegoraro |
| Starring | Totò |
| Cinematography | Tino Santoni |
| Edited by | Giuliana Attenni |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Toto Tours Italy (Template:Lang-it) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.[1] The film features cameos of famous cyclists and other sportsmen of the time: Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali, Fiorenzo Magni, Ferdi Kubler, Giordano Cottur, Gianni Ortelli, Oreste Conte, Adolfo Consolini, Louison Bobet, Briek Schotte, Amos Matteucci, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Ulisse Lorenzetti, Di Segni, Amadeo Deiana, Aldo Spoldi, Giuseppe Tosi, Camillo Achilli and Tazio Nuvolari.
Plot
Totò Casamandrei, a middle-aged high school professor, sells his soul to the Devil to win the Giro d'Italia and impress the young Doriana, a cycling fan.
Cast
- Totò as Prof. Toto' Casamandrei
- Isa Barzizza as Doriana
- Giuditta Rissone as Signora Casamandrei
- Walter Chiari as Bruno
- Carlo Ninchi as Dante Alighieri
- Luigi Catoni as Nerone
- Mario Castellani as Renato Stella, allenatore
- Carlo Micheluzzi as Il Diavolo
- Fulvia Franco as Miss Italia
- Alda Mangini as Gervasia
- Ughetto Bertucci as Armando
- Gino Bartali as himself
- Fausto Coppi as himself
References
- ^ "New York Times: Totò al giro d'Italia". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
Bibliography
- Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
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