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1954 (UK)
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Napoli, anni cinquanta. Un cantastorie, che abita con la numerosa famiglia in una misera catapecchia...
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twice carousels have appeared in titles but only minimally in the movies
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Cast
(in credits order) | Léonide Massine | ... | Antonio 'Pulcinella' Petito |
| Achille Millo | ... | Pulcinella's son |
| Agostino Salvietti | ... | Prompter |
| Clelia Matania | ... | Donna Concetta |
| Paolo Stoppa | ... | Salvatore Esposito |
| Maria Fiore | ... | Donna Brigida |
| Tina Pica | ... | Capera |
| Maria Pia Casilio | ... | Nannina |
| Giacomo Rondinella | ... | Luigino |
 | Sophia Loren | ... | Sisina |
| Dolores Palumbo | ... | Sisina's mother |
| Loris Gizzi | ... | Erik Gustaffson |
| Alberto Bonucci | ... | Lyricist #1 |
| Vittorio Caprioli | ... | Lyricist #2 |
| Carlo Mazzarella | ... | Baron |
| Vera Nandi | ... | Lilí Kangy |
 | Yvette Chauviré | ... | Donna Margherita |
| Folco Lulli | ... | Don Raffaele |
| Antonio Cifariello | ... | Don Armando |
| Aldo Bufi Landi | ... | Street guy |
| Nadia Gray | ... | Pretty tramp |
| Tino Buazzelli | ... | Capt. Spaccatrippa |
| Enrico Viarisio | ... | Spanish tourist |
| Guglielmo Barnabò | ... | German tourist |
| Galeazzo Benti | ... | French tourist |
| Franco Coop | ... | English tourist |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Antonio | ||
| Maurizio Di Nardo | ||
| Roli Esposita | ||
| Mirella Gagliardi | ||
| Aldo Giuffrè | ||
| Eduardo Passarelli | ||
| Jean Quick | ||
| Lino Robi | ||
 | Rosario | ||
| Marco Tulli | ||
| Liana Del Balzo | ... | Bit part (uncredited) |
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| Ettore Giannini | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Remigio Del Grosso | ||
| Ettore Giannini | ||
| Giuseppe Marotta | ||
Produced by | |||
| Carlo Ponti | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Raffaele Gervasio | |||
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| Piero Portalupi | |||
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| Niccolò Lazzari | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Mario Chiari | |||
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| Maria De Matteis | |||
Art Department | |||
| Italo Tomassi | .... | manager of art department (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Tony Brandt | .... | production secretary | |
| Léonide Massine | .... | choreographer | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France (1954) (France) (theatrical)
- Lux Film Distributing Corporation (1961) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Lux Film (1954) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (subtitled)
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"Carosello napoletano" - Italy (original title)
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129 min | 108 min (cut)
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Italian censorship visa # 15807 delivered on 11-1-1954.See more »
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Whoa! I've seen some wacky movies, but this one sure came out of left field. Maybe it's because I've never seen a musical from Italy; when I think of Italian cinema, I think of Federico Fellini and Roberto Benigni. I reckon that nowadays, Ettore Giannini's "Carosello napoletano" - "Neapolitan Carousel" in English - is most notable for an early appearance by Sophia Loren (she plays Sisina). Otherwise, the whole thing runs like a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. It was apparently the first major Italian musical of the postwar era.
The plot, as far as I could tell, centers on a family wandering the streets of Naples, singing songs about various events in the city's history. But it's always hard to tell what's real and what isn't. From what I could tell, only one scene even featured a carousel (unless the title had a deeper meaning); kind of like how Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel" only features the title object in one scene. Oh well, I guess that the movie's worth seeing. Usually, I watch musicals only to heckle them. In this case, I didn't know that this was a musical, and I don't consider it appropriate to heckle Sophia Loren.
Anyway, it's an OK movie, but trying to follow the plot is sort of a challenge. Also starring Paolo Stoppa, Clelia Matania, Maria Fiore, Nadia Gray and Leonide Massine.