Fracchia la belva umana

Fracchia la belva umana
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Neri Parenti
Written by	Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Paolo Villaggio, Neri Parenti
Produced by	,
Starring	Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, Gigi Reder, Anna Mazzamauro, Massimo Boldi
Cinematography	Alberto Spagnoli
Edited by	Sergio Montanari
Music by	Fred Bongusto
Distributed by	Cecchi Gori Group
Release date	22 December 1981 (1981-12-22)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Fracchia la belva umana (Fracchia the fanatic or Fracchia The Human Beast) is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. It was screened at the 67th Venice International Film Festival as an Italian comedy.^[1] Its cast includes: Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi and the then young Massimo Boldi and Francesco Salvi.

Plot[]

Due to misfortune, Giandomenico Fracchia (an employee in a chocolate factory) ends up becoming a body double of a terrible criminal known as "the human beast": which leads into series of problems and misunderstandings for him.

Cast[]

• Paolo Villaggio as Giandomenico Fracchia / La Belva Umana
• Lino Banfi as Commissario Auricchio
• Anna Mazzamauro as Miss Corvino
• Francesco Salvi as Neuro
• Sandro Ghiani as De Simone
• Antonio Allocca as Carabinieri's Marshal
• as Palmira (as Iole Silvani)
• Fiammetta Baralla as chubby girl doing jogging
• Ugo Bologna as bank director
• as afterworld's gatekeeper
• as Carabinieri's Colonel
• Renato Cecchetto as DIGOS' Chief
• Roberto Della Casa as Tino
• Massimo Boldi as Pera
• Gigi Reder as The Human Beast's mother

Production[]

It was the first of the two films about Fracchia, a character created by Paolo Villaggio, along with the most famous Ugo Fantozzi. Despite being published six years after Fantozzi, and pulling many gags from Fantozzi's movies, the film was a success and became a cult movie. Many gags from the movie became famous (IE the sit on the pouf) and defined the typical repertoire of Paolo Villaggio (right in this film was introduced at the cinema the famous joke «Com'è umano lei!» («How humane you are!») was first born on TV).

Among the characters the noteworthy performances are: Gigi Reder who plays the mother of "The Human Beast" and Anna Mazzamauro who plays the lover of "The Human Beast" (whose love is not reciprocate by Fracchia). Honorary mentions are: two youth Massimo Boldi and Francesco Salvi playing as accomplices of "The Human Beast". Memorables scenes are the gags between the Chief of Police Commissario Auricchio (Lino Banfi) and his subordinante Appuntato De Simone (Sandro Ghiani).^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Fracchia la belva umana at IMDb