The Gold of Naples

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L'Oro di Napoli

Poster
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 Flag of Italy Italy
Language Italian language
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L'oro di Napoli (English: The Gold of Naples) is a 1954 Italian Golden Palm nominated comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica . The film is considered a masterpiece in Italian cinema.[citation needed]

[edit] Plot overview

The film is a 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) losing 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".

[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")

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