Il coraggio

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Il coraggio
(The Courage)
Il coraggio poster.jpg
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Written by Augusto Novelli, Totò, Marcello Ciorciolini, Marcello Marchesi, Edoardo Anton
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis & Carlo Ponti
Starring Totò & Gino Cervi
Cinematography Leonida Barboni
Edited byGisa Radicchi Levi
Music by Carlo Savina
Distributed byLux Film
Release date
  • 1955 (1955)
Running time
95 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Il coraggio is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella. [1]

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Plot

Commendatore Aristide Paoloni is a man all of a piece[ clarification needed ], strong and brave, who prides himself on saving lives. His specialty is to avoid drowning suicides that are thrown into the Tiber from the Milvian Bridge in Rome, and so one day Aristide saves the poor Gennaro. Gennaro, realizing the situation, pretends to Aristide Paoloni a job, but the man ignores him. So, Gennaro begins to disturb the quiet family life of the Commendatore, who soon begins to look for a way to kill the poor Gennaro.

Gino Cervi and Toto in Il coraggio (1955) Il coraggio.jpg
Gino Cervi and Totò in Il coraggio (1955)

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.