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Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita

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Totò, Peppino e ... la dolce vita
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Directed bySergio Corbucci
Written bySteno
Lucio Fulci
Bruno Corbucci
Giovanni Grimaldi
Produced byMario Mariani
Gianni Buffardi
StarringTotò
Peppino De Filippo
CinematographyAlvaro Mancori
Edited byRenato Cinquini
Music byArmando Trovajoli
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
1961
Running time
87 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Totò, Peppino e...la dolce vita (a.k.a. Toto, Peppino and the Sweet Life) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci.[1]

It is a parody of Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita and it was filmed in the same sets.[2]

Plot

Antonio Barbacane is sent by his wealthy grandfather to Rome for trying to corrupt politicians to shift the route of a motorway on their town so to increase the land values. He, instead of accomplishing his mission, indulges in the pleasures of the city. his cousin Peppino, the municipal secretary of the town, a moralist and upright man to the point to remove the posters of the film La dolce vita, is sent there to control the Barbicane's work.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Alberto Anile. I film di Totò (1946-1967): la maschera tradita. Le mani, 1998.
  2. ^ Enrico Giacovelli, Enrico Lancia. I film di Peppino De Filippo. Gremese Editore, 1992.

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