Dec 03, 1954
131 min
Full-HD

The Gold of Naples (1954)

Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of six Napolitean episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) losing her husband's ring; the funeral of a dead child; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller".

Category

Drama Comedy

Country

Italy

Companies

Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica

Silvana Mangano

Teresa (segment "Teresa")

Sophia Loren

Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit)

Eduardo De Filippo

Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")

Paolo Stoppa

Don Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit)

Erno Crisa

Don Nicola (segment "Teresa")

Totò

Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Lianella Carell

Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Giacomo Furia

Rosario, Sofia's husband (segment Pizza on Credit)

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