How I Discovered America

How I Discovered America
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Carlo Borghesio
Produced by	Luigi Rovere
Written by	Carlo Borghesio Leo Benvenuti Mario Amendola Mario Monicelli Steno
Starring	Erminio Macario
Music by	Nino Rota
Cinematography	Mario Albertelli
Edited by	Rolando Benedetti
Release date	1949 (1949)
Language	Italian

How I Discovered America (Italian: Come scopersi l'America) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Erminio Macario.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Italy, late 1940s. A young unemployed guy and a wily tramp move to South America in search of fortune, but after several misadventures, they will eventually decide to return to Italy.

Cast

Erminio Macario as Cristoforo Colombo
Carlo Ninchi as Gaetano
Delia Scala as Lisa
Folco Lulli as Signorotto
Nino Pavese as Il capo compagnia
Nunzio Filogamo as The Priest
Dario Michaelis as Lisa's Fiancee
Alfredo Rizzo as A Nazist
Carlo Rizzo as A Nazist
Pina Gallini as La sudamericana

References

↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
↑ Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini. Il Morandini 2011. Dizionario dei film. Zanichelli, 2010. ISBN 8808227227.
↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

External links

How I Discovered America on IMDb

The films of Carlo Borghesio
The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez (1940) How I Lost the War (1947) L'eroe della strada (1948) How I Discovered America (1949) Captain Demonio (1950) Il monello della strada (1951) Napoleon (1951) Gli Angeli del quartiere (1952) The Steel Rope (1953) The Two Friends (1955)

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