The Gold of Naples

L'Oro di Napoli
Poster
Directed by	Vittorio De Sica
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis Marcello Girosi Carlo Ponti
Written by	Giuseppe Marotta (novel) Vittorio De Sica
Starring	Silvana Mangano Sophia Loren Paolo Stoppa Totò
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Distributed by	Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Paramount Pictures
Release dates	11 February 1957 (USA)
Running time	131 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Gold of Naples (Italian: L'oro di Napoli [ˈlɔːro di ˈnaːpoli]) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes: a clown exploited by a hoodlum; an unfaithful pizza seller (Loren) losing her wedding ring; the funeral of a child; the impoverished inveterate gambler Count Prospero B. being reduced to force his doorman's preteen kid to play cards with him (and losing regularly); the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute; the exploits of "professor" Ersilio Miccio, a "wisdom seller" who "solves problems".

Cast

Segment Teresa

• Silvana Mangano – Teresa
• Erno Crisa – Don Nicola

Segment Pizze a credito

• Sophia Loren – Sofia
• Paolo Stoppa – Don Peppino, the widower
• Giacomo Furia – Rosario, Sofia's husband
• Alberto Farnese – Alfredo, Sofia's lover
• Tecla Scarano – Don Peppino's friend

Segment Il professore

• Eduardo De Filippo – Don Ersilio Miccio
• Tina Pica – the elderly lady

Segment Il guappo

• Totò – Don Saverio Petrillo
• Lianella Carell – Carolina, Don Saverio's wife

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: The Gold of Naples". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-01.

External links

• The Gold of Naples at the Internet Movie Database