Movie: Totó in color

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Totò
Totò

Antonio Scannagatti

Isa Barzizza
Isa Barzizza

La signorina nel vagone letto

Fulvia Franco
Fulvia Franco

Poppy

Rocco D'Assunta
Rocco D'Assunta

Il cognato siciliano

Vittorio Caprioli
Vittorio Caprioli

Il tenore balbuziente

Virgilio Riento
Virgilio Riento

Tiburzi

Alberto Bonucci
Alberto Bonucci

Il regista russo

Luigi Pavese
Luigi Pavese

Tiscordi

Anna Vita
Anna Vita

Un'esistenzialista

Galeazzo Benti
Galeazzo Benti

Poldo

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    In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.

  • Release Date

    1952-04-08

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    Italiano

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