The Two Orphans (1947 film)

The Two Orphans (I due orfanelli)
Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti for Excelsa Film & Lux Fim
Written by	Agenore Incrocci Mario Mattoli Jean-Jacques Rastier Stefano Vanzina
Starring	Totò & Carlo Campanini
Music by	Pippo Barzizza
Cinematography	Tino Santoni Jan Stallich
Edited by	Fernando Tropea
Distributed by	Excelsa Film & Lux Film
Release dates	1947 (1947)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Two Orphans (Italian: I Due Orfanelli) is a 1947 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.^[1] It is based on the 1874 play of the same title by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon.

Plot

The story is set in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. Caspar (Totò) and the Baptist (Campanini) are two poor homeless staying in an orphanage, not knowing where to stay. One day the two orphans are called by the director to solve a very special case: Susanne, a girl from the orphanage would like to marry a rich young but her father is against it because he does not know anything about the origins of his girlfriend. So Gasparre has the bright idea to cut a lock of hair to swap it with that of Susanne and so the father of the rich man discovers that the owner of the hair is of noble origins and thus a relative. Caspar along with the Baptist enters the new family but the nobles Parisians have in mind to delete the new emperor Napoleon III of France and the two tramps are involved against their bungling. Being in the real room of the emperor, Napoleon immediately catches them and makes them stop, so Caspar and Baptist are sentenced to the guillotine. But just as the ax is about to fall on their heads, the two orphans wake up with a start: it was all a dream.

Cast

Totò as Gasparre
Carlo Campanini as Battista
Vera Bergman as Una collegiale
Franca Marzi as Susanne
Isa Barzizza as Matilde
Nerio Bernardi as Il ducca Filippo
Raymond Bussières as Deval
Ada Dondini as La direttrice dell'orfanatrofio
Luigi Almirante as Il boia di Parigi
Dina Romano as La domestica del boia
Galeazzo Benti as Giorgio
Mario Castellani as Il maggiordomo

References

↑ "New York Times: The Two Orphans". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

External links

The Two Orphans at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Mario Mattoli

1930s	Full Speed I Love You Only The Man Who Smiles Sette giorni all'altro mondo La damigella di Bard Musica in piazza Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo These Children Felicita Colombo Destiny Triumph of Love Nonna Felicità L'ha fatto una signora The Lady in White We Were Seven Sisters At Your Orders, Madame We Were Seven Widows Imputato, alzatevi! Mille chilometri al minuto! Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?

1940s	Abbandono The Pirate's Dream Non me lo dire! Luce nelle tenebre Schoolgirl Diary I Live as I Please Catene invisibili The Three Pilots The Lady Is Fickle Labbra serrate Stasera niente di nuovo La valle del diavolo La vispa Teresa Anything for a Song The Last Wagon The Za-Bum Circus Life Begins Anew Partenza ore 7 The Two Orphans Totò al giro d'Italia Fifa e arena Cab Number 13 Assunta Spina Signorinella The Firemen of Viggiù Adam and Eve

1950s	Totò Tarzan Il vedovo allegro L'inafferrabile 12 I cadetti di Guascogna Totò sceicco Vendetta... sarda Toto the Third Man Il padrone del vapore Arrivano i nostri Anema e core Accidents to the Taxes!! Five Paupers in an Automobile Neapolitan Turk Siamo tutti inquilini Funniest Show on Earth Two Nights with Cleopatra Totò cerca pace Il medico dei pazzi Poverty and Nobility L'ultimo amante Eighteen Year Olds I giorni più belli Peppino, le modelle e chella là Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics Move and I'll Shoot Tipi da spiaggia Prepotenti più di prima Non perdiamo la testa Guardatele ma non toccatele

1960s	Signori si nasce Un mandarino per Teo Appuntamento a Ischia Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare Hercules in the Valley of Woe Appuntamento in riviera 5 marines per 100 ragazze Obiettivo ragazze Corpse for the Lady For a Few Dollars Less

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