Il Mattatore
Love and Larceny (in Italian, Il mattatore, "The Showman") is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
| Il Mattatore | |
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| Directed by | Dino Risi |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori |
| Written by | Ettore Scola Sandro Continenza Ruggero Maccari Sergio Pugliese Age & Scarpelli |
| Starring | Vittorio Gassman Dorian Gray Peppino De Filippo Anna Maria Ferrero |
| Music by | Pippo Barzizza |
| Cinematography | Massimo Dallamano |
| Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
Release date | 1959 (Italy) February 1, 1963(US) |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant. His inexperience means that he is the only one to be arrested and sentenced to several months in prison, where he encounters a vast array of petty criminals, devoted primarily to scams of various kinds. He befriends Chinotto, a con man for whom the doors of the prisons are like "revolving doors of a large hotel."
Cast
- Vittorio Gassman ... Gerardo Latini
- Peppino De Filippo ... De Rosa, aka "Chinotto"
- Dorian Gray ... Elena
- Anna Maria Ferrero ... Annalisa Rauseo
- Mario Carotenuto ... Lallo Cortina
- Alberto Bonucci ... Gloria Patri
- Fosco Giachetti ... General Benito Mesci
- Luigi Pavese ... The industrialist
- Nando Bruno ... Owner of restaurant
- Linda Sini ... Laura, wife of Chinotto
References
- "IMDB.com: Awards for Il Mattatore". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
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