The Gold of Naples
1954 · Movie · 131 min. · Italy
Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Napolitean episodes : a clown exploited by a gangster ; an inconstant pizza seller (Sophia Loren) loosing her husband's ring ; the funeral of a dead child ; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid ; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute ; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller".
Direction Vittorio De Sica
Cast Silvana Mangano · Sophia Loren · Eduardo De Filippo · Paolo Stoppa · Erno Crisa · Totò · Lianella Carell · Giacomo Furia · Tina Pica · Alberto Farnese · Tecla Scarano · Vittorio De Sica
Soundtrack Alessandro Cicognini
Screenplay Vittorio De Sica · Giuseppe Marotta
Cinematography Carlo Montuori
Original title L'oro di Napoli
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