The Monk of Monza

The Monk of Monza

Directed by	Sergio Corbucci
Written by	Bruno Corbucci Giovanni Grimaldi
Starring	Totò Erminio Macario Nino Taranto
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Cinematography	Enzo Barboni
Release dates	1963
Running time	101 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Monk of Monza (Italian: Il monaco di Monza) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It parodies the story of the Nun of Monza, as depicted in the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Monza, 1630, a period of Spanish rule. Pasquale Cicciacalda, a humble shoemaker native of Casoria, widower of the midwife Provvidenza, can not maintain their 12 children (6 pairs of twins) and therefore devises a cunning ploy. Disguised himself and his children as monks, vague with them pretending to be poor monks, asking food and charity.

Cast

Totò as Friar Pasquale da Casoria (Pasquale Cicciacalda)
Erminio Macario as Friar Mamozio
Nino Taranto as Don Egidio, Marquis de Lattanziis
Lisa Gastoni as Fiorenza, Marquise del Giglio
Moira Orfei as Sister Virginia
Giacomo Furia as Cecco
Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Smilzo
Adriano Celentano as Adriano
Don Backy as the false friar
Dany París as Fiorenza's waitress
Mario Castellani as the nobleman with two right shoes
Carlo Delle Piane as the innkeeper
Franco Ressel as the official

References

↑ Alberto Anile. I film di Totò (1946-1967): la maschera tradita. Le mani, 1998. ISBN 8880120808.
↑ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.

External links

The Monk of Monza at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Sergio Corbucci

Chi si ferma è perduto (1960)
Romolo e Remo (1961)
Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961)
The Shortest Day (1962)
Grand Canyon Massacre (1964)
Minnesota Clay (1965)
The Man Who Laughs (1966)
Django (1966)
Johnny Oro (1966)
Navajo Joe (1966)
The Hellbenders (1967)
The Mercenary (1968)
The Great Silence (1968)
Specialists (1969)
Compañeros (1970)
Sonny and Jed (1972)
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? (1972)
The Beast (1974)
The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975)
Di che segno sei? (1975)
The Con Artists (1976)
Ecco noi per esempio (1977)
The Payoff (1978)
Odds and Evens (1978)
Neapolitan Mystery (1979)
Super Fuzz (1980)
A Friend Is a Treasure (1981)
Days of Inspector Ambrosio (1988)

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