The Two Marshals

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The Two Marshals
The Two Marshals.jpg
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Written by Totò
Sergio Corbucci
Marcello Fondato
Sandro Continenza
Bruno Corbucci
Giovanni Grimaldi
Produced byGianni Buffardi
Starring Totò
Vittorio De Sica
Gianni Agus
Arturo Bragaglia
Cinematography Enzo Barboni
Edited by Roberto Cinquini
Music by Piero Piccioni
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
99 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Two Marshals (Italian : I due marescialli) is a 1961 Italian comedy film written and directed by Sergio Corbucci. [1] [2] [3] The film was a hit at the Italian box office, with 2.765.531 spectators and a total gross of 536.513.000 lire. [4]

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Plot

In Italy, during 1943, two men collide during the bombing of the Nazis and American allies. Antonio Capurro is a thief who disguises himself as a priest for the robberies at the train stations; Vittorio Cotone is a carabinieri marshal upright who's chasing Antonio, and that in the end, to a misunderstanding, he is forced to do so by Marshal dress. Antonio is excited about the new appointment, and Vittorio meanwhile disguises himself as a priest. In fact the two, in the days of the Badoglio Proclamation, are persecuted by the Nazis and fascists because they're hiding a partisan, a Jewish girl and an American soldier who is planning the Allied landing.

Cast

Vittorio De Sica, Toto and Gianni Agus I due marescialli.png
Vittorio De Sica, Totó and Gianni Agus

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN   8876055932.
  2. ↑ Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini (2005). Il Morandini: Dizionario dei film, 2006. Zanichelli, 2005. ISBN   8808327108.
  3. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.
  4. ↑ Matilde Amorosi, Alessandro Ferraù. Totò. Siamo uomini o caporali? Diario semiserio di Antonio de Curtis. Newton & Compton, 1996. ISBN   88-8183-306-9.


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