The Passaguai Family
| The Passaguai Family | |
|---|---|
 Spanish poster | |
| Directed by | Aldo Fabrizi |
| Written by | Anton Germano Rossi Aldo Fabrizi Mario Amendola Ruggero Maccari |
| Produced by | Aldo Fabrizi |
| Starring | Aldo Fabrizi Peppino De Filippo Ave Ninchi |
| Cinematography | Mario Bava |
| Edited by | Mario Bonotti |
| Music by | Carlo Innocenzi Enrico Simeone |
Production company | Alfa Film |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors of Italy |
Release date | 20 December 1951 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Passaguai Family (Italian: La Famiglia Passaguai) is a 1951 Italian comedy film written, starring and directed by Aldo Fabrizi. It also featured Peppino De Filippo, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli.[1] It was followed by a sequel The Passaguai Family Gets Rich in 1952. It follows the misadventures of a lower middle-class family and their friends from Rome when they take a day's outing at the seaside.
It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and on location around the city and at the resort of Fiumicino at the mouth of the River Tiber near Ostia. Distributed by the Italian branch of the Rank Organisation it was a major hit, taking domestic box office earnings of 378 million lira.[2]
In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.[3][4][5]
Cast[]
- Aldo Fabrizi as Cav. Peppe Passaguai
- Ave Ninchi as Margherita, moglie di Peppe
- Peppino De Filippo as Rag. Mazza, collega di Peppe
- Tino Scotti as Comm. Villetti, capufficio di Peppe
- Nyta Dover as Marisa, segretaria
- Giovanna Ralli as Marcella, figlia maggiore dei Passaguai
- Carlo Delle Piane as Gino (detto Pecorino), secondo figlio dei Passaguai
- as Gnappetta, figlio minore dei Passaguai
- Luigi Pavese as Alberto
- as Jole
- Pietro De Vico as l'innamorato di Marcella
- Alberto Sorrentino
References[]
- ^ Chiti & Poppi p.148
- ^ Chiti & Poppi p.148
- ^ Massimo Bertarelli, Il cinema italiano in 100 film: i 100 film da salvare, Gremese Editore, 2004, ISBN 88-8440-340-5.
- ^ Massimo Borriello (4 March 2008). "Cento film e un'Italia da non dimenticare". Movieplayer. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare". Corriere della Sera. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
Bibliography[]
- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
- Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.
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