The Passaguai Family Gets Rich (Italian: La Famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi and starring Fabrizi, Erminio Macario, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli. It is the sequel to the hit 1951 film The Passaguai Family.[1]
| The Passaguai Family Gets Rich | |
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| Directed by | Aldo Fabrizi |
| Written by | Anton Germano Rossi Aldo Fabrizi Mario Amendola Ruggero Maccari |
| Produced by | Aldo Fabrizi |
| Starring | Aldo Fabrizi Erminio Macario Ave Ninchi Giovanna Ralli |
| Cinematography | Mario Bava |
| Edited by | Nella Nannuzzi |
| Music by | Carlo Innocenzi |
Production company | Alfa Film |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
Release date | 7 March 1952 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and reunited many of the cast and crew from the previous film. It earned around 192 million lira at the domestic box office.[2]
Synopsis edit
At the end of the previous film the family patriarch Giuseppe lost his job. Now after a chance meeting with an old comrade he goes into business with him, each pretending to the other that they are a millionaire.
Cast edit
- Aldo Fabrizi as Giuseppe "Beppe" Passaguai
- Erminio Macario as Giocondo Diotallevi
- Ave Ninchi as Margherita, Giuseppe's wife
- Luigi Pavese as the landlord
- Virgilio Riento as Cosimo Pelacoccie
- Marisa Merlini as the countess
- Giovanna Ralli as Marcella, Giuseppe's daughter
- Carlo Delle Piane as "Pecorino", Giuseppe's son
- Giancarlo Zarfati as "Gnappetta", Giuseppe's son
- Carlo Rizzo as Salomone
- Nino Pavese as The Buyer with a Beard and Glasses
- Alfredo Rizzo as The Journalist Onofrio
- Pietro De Vico as Un autista
- Lia Reiner as Vera
- Tommaso Pallotta as Nando
- Lia Grani as The Maid at Gardini's
References edit
Bibliography edit
- 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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