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Saint John, the Beheaded
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Wikipedia article
'Saint John, the Beheaded' (Italian:'San Giovanni decollato') is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and Giorgio Bianchi and starring Tot, Titina De Filippo and Silvana Jachino.Moliterno p.316 It was based on a play by Nino Martoglio. The film was made at the Cinecitt Studios in Rome.
Plot
In a town, near Naples, in 1900, the cobbler Agostino Miciacio is accused by tenants of his apartment building to be crazy. In fact Augostino is a lively man, mocked by everyone because he is messy. He is very devoted to St. John beheaded, so Agostino lights a candle every night in a small chapel in the courtyard. But some of the oil in the wax necessary for the luminary, disappears every night. It is a fact that Augostino does not tolerate theft, but he does not know that behind these thefts continue, there is a gang of thugs. Meanwhile, Agostino, in addition to following the case of oil stolen, must fight against the daughter Serafina who has fallen in love with a poor young lamplighter. But he also has to fight against his wife Concetta, authoritative and cruel woman, so he hopes that St. John makes a grace for him, taking away her voice.
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Bibliography
* Moliterno, Gino. 'Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema'. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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