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The Gold of Naples

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Wikipedia article




'The Gold of Naples' ( ) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.

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'



*Tot Don Saverio Petrillo

*Lianella Carell Carolina, Don Saverio's wife

Release



Paramount did not take up its option to release the film in the United States and it wasn't until February 1957 that the film was finally distributed there, being shown at the Paris Theater in New York for 18 weeks, earning the distributor, Distributors Corporation of America, $72,000.

References




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