The Gold of Naples

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-02-11

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

138 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (775 Reviews)

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Cast:

Silvana Mangano Sophia Loren Eduardo De Filippo Paolo Stoppa

Writer:

Giuseppe Marotta (story)

Cesare Zavattini (adapted for the screen by)

Cesare Zavattini (screenplay)

Vittorio De Sica (screenplay)

Giuseppe Marotta (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Napolitean episodes : a clown exploited by a gangster ; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) loosing 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".

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