Franca Faldini

Sailor Beware (1952)

Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Walker
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis  •  Corinne Calvet  •  Marion Marshall

Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Walker
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis  •  Corinne Calvet  •  Marion Marshall

Where Is Freedom? (1954)

A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Totò  •  Vera Molnar  •  Nyta Dover  •  Franca Faldini

A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Totò  •  Vera Molnar  •  Nyta Dover  •  Franca Faldini

Incontri proibiti (1998)

Armando Andreoli, a well-known engineer of almost 80 years, is approached by Federica, an assistant nurse who then invites him to his hotel room. In the morning, Federica's boyfriend arrives in the room, suspecting a relationship that has never existed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Sordi
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Valeria Marini  •  Franca Faldini  •  Franco Fantasia

Armando Andreoli, a well-known engineer of almost 80 years, is approached by Federica, an assistant nurse who then invites him to his hotel room. In the morning, Federica's boyfriend arrives in the room, suspecting a relationship that has never existed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Sordi
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Valeria Marini  •  Franca Faldini  •  Franco Fantasia

Man, Beast and Virtue (1953)

Paolino, a teacher at an elementary school near Naples, appears nervous for a few days and his friends do not know why. The man is the lover of Assunta, the mother of one of his pupils, and he discovers that she has become pregnant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Totò  •  Orson Welles  •  Viviane Romance  •  Mario Castellani

Paolino, a teacher at an elementary school near Naples, appears nervous for a few days and his friends do not know why. The man is the lover of Assunta, the mother of one of his pupils, and he discovers that she has become pregnant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Totò  •  Orson Welles  •  Viviane Romance  •  Mario Castellani

Totò all'inferno (1955)

After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and ends up in hell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Totò  •  Franca Faldini  •  Galeazzo Benti  •  Maria Frau

After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and ends up in hell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Totò  •  Franca Faldini  •  Galeazzo Benti  •  Maria Frau

Are We Men or Corporals? (1955)

These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, suffering the harassment of Colonel Hammler, a Nazi cruel and despotic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Totò  •  Paolo Stoppa  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Pasquale De Filippo

These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, suffering the harassment of Colonel Hammler, a Nazi cruel and despotic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Totò  •  Paolo Stoppa  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Pasquale De Filippo

Toto and the Women (1952)

Antonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the attic of his house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli  •  Steno
CAST:  Totò  •  Lea Padovani  •  Peppino De Filippo  •  Franca Faldini

Antonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the attic of his house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli  •  Steno
CAST:  Totò  •  Lea Padovani  •  Peppino De Filippo  •  Franca Faldini

Funniest Show on Earth (1953)

A clown named Tottons of the Togni circus, obliged to never take off his clown makeup or reveal his identity, is continually persecuted by the jealousy of three women and even by a policeman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  May Britt  •  Mario Castellani  •  Peppino De Filippo  •  Franca Faldini

A clown named Tottons of the Togni circus, obliged to never take off his clown makeup or reveal his identity, is continually persecuted by the jealousy of three women and even by a policeman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  May Britt  •  Mario Castellani  •  Peppino De Filippo  •  Franca Faldini

Neapolitan Turk (1953)

Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Totò  •  Isa Barzizza  •  Carlo Campanini  •  Aldo Giuffrè

Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Totò  •  Isa Barzizza  •  Carlo Campanini  •  Aldo Giuffrè

Poverty and Nobility (1954)

Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Totò  •  Gianni Cavalieri  •  Carlo Croccolo  •  Enzo Turco

Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Totò  •  Gianni Cavalieri  •  Carlo Croccolo  •  Enzo Turco