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THE EMPEROR OF CAPRI

by Luigi Comencini

synopsis

Beautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri, and Antonio goes there behind the backs of his wife and mother-in-law. A lucky series of circumstances actually does transform him into the prince of the island.

international title: The Emperor of Capri
original title: L'imperatore di Capri
country: Italy
year: 1949
genre: fiction
directed by: Luigi Comencini
film run: 86'
release date: IT 16/12/1949, PT 02/05/1951
screenplay: Luigi Comencini, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz
cast: Totò, Galeazzo Benti, Nerio Bernardi, Mario Castellani, Pina Gallini, Aldo Giuffrè, Enrico Glori, Laura Gore, Alda Mangini, Nino Marchetti, Marisa Merlini, Lino Robi, Yvonne Sanson, Pietro Tordi
cinematography by: Giuseppe Caracciolo
film editing: Otello Colangeli
art director: Carlo Egidi
costumes designer: Anna Maria Feo
music: Felice Montagnini
producer: Carlo Ponti

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