Saint John, the Beheaded

Saint John, the Beheaded
(San Giovanni decollato)
Saint John, the Beheaded; (San Giovanni decollato)
Directed by	Amleto Palermi ; Giorgio Bianchi
Written by	Nino Martoglio (play) ; Aldo Vergano ; Cesare Zavattini ; Amleto Palermi
Produced by
Starring	Totò ; Titina De Filippo ; Silvana Jachino ; Franco Coop
Cinematography	Fernando Risi
Edited by
Music by
Production; company	Produzione Capitani Film
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	12 December 1940
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Saint John, the Beheaded (Italian:San Giovanni decollato) is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and Giorgio Bianchi and starring Totò, Titina De Filippo and Silvana Jachino.^[1] It was based on a play by Nino Martoglio. The film was made at the Cinecittà 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 , 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.

Cast[]

Totò as mastro Agostino Miciacio
Titina De Filippo as Concetta, la moglie
Silvana Jachino as Serafina, la figlia
Franco Coop as don Raffaele, il barbiere
Osvaldo Genazzani as Giorgio Maria Santapaola, il fidanzato di Serafina
Bella Starace Sainati as nonna Provvidenza
Eduardo Passarelli as Orazio, il lampionaio
as don Peppino Esposito
Mario Siletti as Teodoro Cupis, l'amministratore
Giacomo Almirante as il pretore
Oreste Bilancia as testimone al processo
as inquilino del vaglia
Peppino Spadaro as mastro Vincenzo, il calzolaio
as Rosalia
Dina Romano as donna Filomena, la cartomante
Renato Chiantoni as l'avvocato difensore
Gorella Gori as testimone al processo
as cancelliere
as don Benedetto
as inquilino
as ometto dalla barba bianca
Emilio Petacci as il Pubblico Ministero Lanzetti
as inquilino del palazzo
as bambina che ritira le scarpe protestando sul prezzo

References[]

^ Moliterno p.316

Bibliography[]

Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links[]

Saint John, the Beheaded at IMDb

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[1] Moliterno p.316

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Saint John, the Beheaded (San Giovanni decollato)

Directed by	Amleto Palermi Giorgio Bianchi
Written by	Nino Martoglio (play) Aldo Vergano Cesare Zavattini Amleto Palermi
Produced by
Starring	Totò Titina De Filippo Silvana Jachino Franco Coop
Cinematography	Fernando Risi
Edited by
Music by
Production company	Produzione Capitani Film
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	12 December 1940
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian