Totò Tarzan is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova.[1] It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel Tarzan of the Apes. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. As with Totò's other films of the era it was a commercial success, taking around 385 million lira at the box office.[2]
| Totò Tarzan | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
| Written by | Agenore Incrocci Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz Furio Scarpelli |
| Produced by | Romolo Laurenti |
| Starring | Totò Marilyn Buferd Alba Arnova |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe La Torre |
| Edited by | Otello Colangeli |
| Music by | Armando Fragna |
Production company | Cinematografica Distributori Indipendenti |
| Distributed by | Cinematografica Distributori Indipendenti |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
editAntonio is a foundling who has lived for years in the jungle along with the monkey Bongo. But one day a troop of scouts passed into the forests of the Congo and finds him out. Antonio is well reported in civil society, where he learned, not without many difficulties and funny situations, the usages of men. In addition egl falls also Iva, only girl to truly understand his suffering due to separation from its environment. In fact, Antonio discovers that he also came from a noble family and had inherited a substantial sum of money. This opportunity will be exploited by cruel colleagues of Iva to seize all the money taking advantage of the inability Antonio, but Iva protects him and soon the two find themselves in trouble. The project of the monkey Bongo will help Antonio and Iva against the wicked.
Cast
edit- Totò as Antonio Della Buffas
- Marilyn Buferd as Iva
- Bianca Maria Fusari as La maestra
- Alba Arnova as Sonia
- Adriana Serra as Marta
- Luisa Poselli as Giacoma, la moglie dei procuratore generale
- Galeazzo Benti as L'esercitatore dei superparacadutisti
- Vira Silenti as Dora
- Tino Buazzelli as Spartaco
- Mario Castellani as Stanis
- Enrico Luzi as Lawyer Finotti
- Vinicio Sofia as Baron Rosen
- Luigi Pavese as Roy
- Guglielmo Barnabò as Colonel
- Nico Pepe as Lawyer Micozzi
- Carlo Croccolo as Lo sposino
- Alberto Sorrentino as Anselmo
- Giacomo Furia as Chef
- Aldo Giuffrè as Paratrooper
- Riccardo Billi as Il capostazione siciliano
- Nino Vingelli as Il capostazione napoletano
- Guglielmo Inglese as Il capostazione pugliese
- Ughetto Bertucci as Il capostazione romano
- Mario Siletti as Butler
- Sophia Loren as Tarzanide
References
edit- ^ "New York Times: Totò Tarzan". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ^ Chiti & Poppi p.371
Bibliography
edit- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
External links
edit- Totò Tarzan at IMDb
