Toto in Madrid
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Directed by | Steno |
Written by | |
Produced by | Cormoran Films |
Starring | |
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Edited by | Giuliana Attenni |
Music by | Gorni Kramer |
Release date | 6 February 1959 (France) |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Toto in Madrid (Italian: Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito) is an Italian comedy film from 1959, directed by Steno, written by Vittorio Metz, starring Totò and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "Toto in Madrid" (English title), "Totò a Madrid", "Un coup fumant" (France), "La culpa fue de Eva" (Spain).
Plot[]
The penniless painter Toto is commissioned by unknown Spanish fraudsters to mirror the famous masterpiece Maja Desnuda by Francisco Goya, with some details. In fact, these thieves have agreed with a rich billionaire who plans to buy the original masterpiece. When Toto discovers that all that was nothing more than a scam, it's too late...
Cast[]
- Totò: Toto Scorcelletti
- Louis de Funès: Professor Francisco Montiel
- Abbe Lane: Eva
- Mario Carotenuto: Raoul La Spada
- Giacomo Furia: Tobia
- : Gloria Harrison
- : Pablo Segura, the torero
- Enzo Garinei: the lover
- : Oriundo
- : Caterina
- Anna Maestri: Mrs. Treno
- : notary
- : Don Alonzo's wife
- : the chambermaid
- Luigi Pavese: the policeman
- José Guardiola: José
- Francesco Mulé: Don Alonzo
References[]
External links[]
- Toto in Madrid at IMDb
- Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959) at the Films de France
Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1959 films
- Italian comedy films
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films directed by Stefano Vanzina
- Italian films
- 1959 comedy films
- 1950s Italian comedy film stubs