IL MONACO DI MONZA
synopsis
In 1630 Italy, widower Pasquale loses his job as a cobbler, so to get food for his 12 children, he and a poor companion disguise themselves as mendicant monks and knock for help at the castle of beautiful widowed Marquise Fiorenza, who begs them to prevent an unwelcome wedding to the sinister Don Egidio.
original title: | Il monaco di Monza |
country: | Italy |
year: | 1963 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Sergio Corbucci |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | IT 29/03/1963, FR 27/09/1968 |
screenplay: | Bruno Corbucci, Giovanni Grimaldi |
cast: | Totò, Nino Taranto, Erminio Macario, Lisa Gastoni, Moira Orfei, Giacomo Furia, Fiorenzo Fiorentini, Dany París, Mario Castellani, María Badmajew, Clara Bindi, Carlo Delle Piane, Tina Gloriani, Roberto Paoletti |
cinematography by: | Enzo Barboni |
film editing: | Otello Colangeli |
art director: | Ottavio Scotti |
costumes designer: | Marcella De Marchis |
music: | Armando Trovajoli |
producer: | Giovanni Addessi |
executive producer: | Walter Zarghetta |