Latin Lovers (Gli amanti latini) | |
---|---|
Italian: Gli Amanti Latini | |
Directed by | Mario Costa |
Written by | Bruno Corbucci Giovanni Grimaldi |
Produced by | Thomas Sagone |
Starring | Totò Franco Franchi Ciccio Ingrassia |
Cinematography | Alberto Fusi |
Edited by | Gianmaria Messeri |
Music by | Carlo Savina |
Distributed by | Euro International Films |
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Latin Lovers (Italian : Gli Amanti Latini) is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Costa. [1]
The film is composed of five episodes in which is shown the love of the Italians in the 60s. Among the low quality of love stories, the episode stands out with Totò: Amore e morte (Love and death). [1]
Antonio Gargiulo is a poor accountant who goes to the hospital to collect medical records, suspecting that he has a serious bad health. But he's fine: really bad is the grandfather of a girl who does not give peace for the bad news. Antonio is sorry and tries to console her by offering to exchange the medical records so the old man, discovering he is healthy, will die happy. She accepts, and at the same time falls in love with Antonio who, wanting to have fun with her, sends the clinic record in accounting to lend him the money from the board immediately.
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio, best known by his stage name Totò, or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il principe della risata, was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist. He is commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. While best known for his funny and sometimes cynical comic characters in theatre and then many successful comedy films made from the 1940s to the 1960s, he also worked with many iconic Italian film directors in dramatic roles.
Francesco Benenato, known as Franco Franchi, was an Italian actor, comedian and singer.
Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter.
Francesco "Ciccio" Ingrassia was an Italian actor, comedian and film director.
Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Walter Annicchiarico, known as Walter Chiari, was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.
Aldo Giuffrè was an Italian film actor and comedian who appeared in over 90 films between 1948 and 2001. He was the brother of actor Carlo Giuffrè.
Aldo Fabrizi was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and comedian, best known for the role of the heroic priest in Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City and as partner of Totò in a number of successful comedies.
Augusto Genina was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.
Franco Fabrizi was an Italian actor.
Franco Interlenghi was an Italian actor.
Nino Taranto was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1924 and 1971.
Marisa Merlini was an Italian character actress active in Italy's post-World War II cinema. Merlini appeared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned from World War II to 2005. In Luigi Comencini's 1953 film Pane, amore e fantasia, she portrayed Annarella, a village midwife, who marries the local police marshal, played by Vittorio De Sica.
Nerino "Nerio" Bernardi was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970.
Giacomo Matteo Furia was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998.
Enzo Garinei was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 80 films since 1949. He was also a professional voice artist, best remembered as the Italian voice of Sherman Hemsley in the American sitcom The Jeffersons. He was the brother of playwright Pietro Garinei.
Francesco Mulè, was an Italian actor, voice actor and television and radio personality. He appeared in 74 films between 1953 and 1979.
Antonio "Toni" Ucci was an Italian actor and comedian. He appeared in 86 films between 1948 and 2000.
Mario Castellani was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò). He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre productions.
Carlo Sposito was an Italian character actor, sometimes credited as Carletto Sposito.