Totò Diabolicus

Totò Diabolicus

Directed by	Steno
Written by	Vittorio Metz Roberto Gianviti Marcello Fondato Steno Giovanni Grimaldi Bruno Corbucci
Starring	Totò
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Cinematography	Enzo Barboni
Distributed by	Titanus
Release dates	1962
Running time	92 min
Language	Italian

Totò Diabolicus is a 1962 Italian black comedy film directed by Steno. The film consists in a parody of Italian noir comic books (such as Diabolik and Satanik) and giallo,^[1] and in it Totò plays six different characters.^[2]

Plot

Baron Torrealta is mysteriously killed by a mysterious murderer, dressed in black, who call himself "Diabolicus". The police suspects that one of his relatives is guilty of murder because of the enormous legacy, but every time they are going to incarcerate someone, this one gets killed by Diabolicus.

Cast

Totò: Galeazzo di Torrealta/Carlo di Torrealta/Scipione di Torrealta/Monsignor Antonino di Torrealta/Laudomia di Torrealta/Pasquale Bonocore
Raimondo Vianello: Michele aka Lallo
Béatrice Altariba: Diana
Nadine Sanders: donna Fiore di Torrealta
Luigi Pavese: police commissioner
Mario Castellani: inspector Scalarini
Peppino De Martino: Cocozza
Steno: Angelo, the gardener
Franco Giacobini: Dr. Pandoro
Pietro De Vico: patient

References

↑ Fabio Rossi. La lingua in gioco. Bulzoni, 2002.
↑ Orio Caldiron. Totò. Gremese Editore, 2001.

External links

Totò Diabolicus at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Steno

A Night of Fame (1949)
A Dog's Life (1950)
È arrivato il cavaliere! (1950)
Cops and Robbers (1951)
Toto and the King of Rome (1952)
Toto and the Women (1952)
Totò a colori (1952)
The Unfaithfuls (1953)
Man, Beast and Virtue (1953)
Cinema d'altri tempi (1953)
Un giorno in pretura (1953)
Un americano a Roma (1954)
Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1954)
The Letters Page (1955)
Nero's Weekend (1956)
Femmine tre volte (1957)
Susanna Whipped Cream (1957)
Maid, Thief and Guard (1958)
Mia nonna poliziotto (1958)
Toto in the Moon (1958)
Toto in Madrid (1959)
The Overtaxed (1959)
Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)
Un militare e mezzo (1960)
Letto a tre piazze (1960)
Some Like It Cold (1960)
Psycosissimo (1961)
Musketeers of the Sea (1961)
La ragazza di mille mesi (1961)
The Two Colonels (1962)
Totò Diabolicus (1962)
Copacabana Palace (1962)
Toto vs. the Four (1963)
Heroes of the West (1964)
I gemelli del Texas (1964)
A Monster and a Half (1964)
Letti sbagliati (1965)
Rose rosse per Angelica (1965)
Love Italian Style (1966)
The Crazy Kids of the War (1967)
How to Kill 400 Duponts (1967)
Caprice Italian Style (1967)
Il trapianto (1969)
Gang War (1971)
The Blonde in the Blue Movie (1971)
Execution Squad (1971)
Il terrore con gli occhi storti (1972)
L'uccello migratore (1972)
My Brother Anastasia (1973)
Flatfoot (1973)
Policewoman (1974)
Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1974)
The Boss and the Worker (1975)
Febbre da cavallo (1976)
L'Italia s'è rotta (1976)
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977)
Double Murder (1977)
Flatfoot in Africa (1978)
Amori miei (1978)
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)
La patata bollente (1979)
Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
Fico d'India (1980)
Quando la coppia scoppia (1981)
Il tango della gelosia (1981)
Dio li fa e poi li accoppia (1982)
Banana Joe (1982)
Sballato, gasato, completamente fuso (1982)
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1982)
Mani di fata (1983)
Mi faccia causa (1984)
Animali metropolitani (1987)
Big Man (1987)

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