Poverty and Nobility
| Poverty and Nobility (Miseria e nobiltà) | |
|---|---|
| File:Miseria e nobiltà.jpg Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
| Written by | Ruggero Maccari Mario Mattoli (dialogues) |
| Story by | Eduardo Scarpetta (play) |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti |
| Starring | Totò Enzo Turco Sophia Loren Carlo Croccolo |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss Luciano Trasatti |
| Edited by | Renato Cinquini |
| Music by | Pippo Barzizza |
| Distributed by | Lux Film |
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Poverty and Nobility (Italian: Miseria e nobiltà) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.
Plot
The story is taken from the Eduardo Scarpetta's play:
Naples, 1800. The poor Felice Sciosciamocca tries to work being a scribe for illiterate people, while his friend Don Pasquale tries to make photographs for rich couples. Meanwhile in the house where the two live, their wives start to fight because the apartment is mortgaged, and the women don't have money to pay the rent. Luckily, rich Count Luigino, in love with the beautiful dancer Gemma, asks Pasquale and Felice to stage a farce for him. In fact, the parents of Gemma want to meet Luigino's family, but he knows that his real father does not approve of his love affair with the dancer. So Luigino transforms Don Felice Sciosciamocca into his uncle: the Prince of Casadores, and Don Pasquale has to play the true father of Luigino. The young count entrusts a false part to each of the members of the two families, except the second wife of Felice: Concetta. Unfortunately Count Luigino cannot find a role for her, and Concetta gets very angry. While Felice Sciosciammocca and Pasquale are arguing in the beautiful villa of Don Gaetano, who is Gemma's father, Concetta bursts into the home, and tries to compromise the plan organized by Luigino. Fortunately Don Felice manages to fix the situation and in the end, all is happily resolved.
Cast
- Totò: Felice Sciosciammocca
- Dolores Palumbo: Luisella
- Enzo Turco: Pasquale
- Valeria Moriconi: Pupella
- Franca Faldini: Nadia
- Liana Billi: Concetta
- Franco Sportelli: Vincenzo
- Gianni Cavalieri: Don Gaetano
- Sophia Loren: Gemma
- Carlo Croccolo: Luigino
- Giuseppe Porelli: Marquis Ottavio aka "Bebè"
- Enzo Petito: Don Gioacchino
External links
 | This article related to an Italian film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This film article about a 1950s comedy film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |