Gentlemen Are Born (1960 film)
1960 film
- 1960 (1960)
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Gentlemen Are Born (Italian: Signori si nasce) is a 1960 Italian historical comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Peppino De Filippo and Delia Scala.[1]
Plot
Rome 1906: Baron Ottone Spinelli degli Ulivi, said Zaza, is a rich spendthrift who likes pretty girls. His brother Pio degli Ulivi is a miser tailor who hates Zazà because he is always in his house asking for money to pay off family debts. One day Zazà intends steal 300 lire to his brother, and makes him believe that he has a daughter to support.
Cast
- Totò as Ottone Degli Ulivi, also known as Zazà
- Peppino De Filippo as Pio Degli Ulivi, Ottone's brother
- Delia Scala as Patrizia
- Riccardo Garrone as Enzo, Patrizia's fiancé
- Lidia Martora as Maria Luisa, Pio's wife
- Luigi Pavese as Bernasconi
- Angela Luce as Fedele, Pio's maid
- Dori Dorika as Adelina Maniglia
- Nico Pepe as Binotti
- Liana Orfei as Titì
- Carlo Croccolo as Battista, Ottone's butler
References
- ^ "New York Times: Signori si nasce". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
Bibliography
- Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.
External links
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- Destiny (1938)
- Triumph of Love (1938)
- Nonna Felicità (1938)
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- The Lady in White (1938)
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- We Were Seven Widows (1939)
- Defendant, Stand Up! (1939)
- Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939)
- Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939)
- Abandonment (1940)
- The Pirate's Dream (1940)
- Non me lo dire! (1940)
- Light in the Darkness (1941)
- Schoolgirl Diary (1941)
- I Live as I Please (1942)
- Invisible Chains (1942)
- The Three Pilots (1942)
- The Lady Is Fickle (1942)
- Sealed Lips (1942)
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- Fear and Sand (1948)
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- Assunta Spina (1948)
- Little Lady (1949)
- The Firemen of Viggiù (1949)
- Adam and Eve (1949)
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