The Firemen of Viggiù
| The Firemen of Viggiù | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Written by |
Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz Mario Mattoli |
| Starring |
Nino Taranto Isa Barzizza Totò Carlo Campanini Ave Ninchi |
| Music by | Armando Fragna |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Giuliana Attenni |
| Distributed by | Titanus |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Firemen of Viggiù (Italian: I pompieri di Viggiù) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Nino Taranto.[1]
Plot
In the village of Viggiù the fire of the place, believing their famous song "Fire Viggiù" a resounding success, organize various skits and performances in their theater, inviting all the celebrities known at that time.
Totò in the film plays a playboy who falls for the wife (Barzizza) a seller of textiles (Castellani). The woman is calling her friend, telling her of his secret admirer, calling it "not exactly an Adonis" but trying some feeling of admiration for him. Toto brazenly enters the store and begins to woo his wife, but soon comes the husband, because he is desperate to go bankrupt. A Toto do is pretend dummy, while the man put away his wife. Then the husband sits to invoke the soul of the father, hoping that they can give you some advice, but suddenly lose their tempers and begins to persecute the mannequins, always stopping with the dummy before Totò. At one point, Toto strikes once accidentally and the man takes it as a sign of her father and begins to talk to the dummy. Totò then pretends to be the soul of the father, and required materials, jackets, and finally a kiss to his wife. After the sketch Toto reappears towards the end of the film where he directs the band and then concludes with the number "fanfare of Sharpshooters."
This sketch has occurred in some parts in the film Cinema Paradiso directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
Cast
- Nino Taranto - Himself
- Totò - Himself
- Wanda Osiris - Herself
- Carlo Dapporto - Himself
- Isa Barzizza - actress playing Totò's conquest in the revue
- Mario Castellani - actor playing the jealous husband in the revue
- Ariodante Dalla - Himself
- Carlo Campanini - the leader of the firemen
- Ave Ninchi - Gaetana, his wife
- Silvana Pampanini - Fiamma, their daughter, actress in the revue
- Dante Maggio - fireman
- Carlo Croccolo - fireman
- Ughetto Bertucci - fireman
- Ricky Denver - French comedian
- Harry Feist - 'Bahia' dancer
- Elena Giusti - soubrette
- Myriam Glori - swimmer
- Laura Gore - soubrette playing as Pomponia in the revue
References
- ↑ "New York Times: The Firemen of Viggiù". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-07-31.