Totò diabolicus (1962)

The marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them, with the exception of ... See full summary »

Director:

Steno

Writers:

Bruno Corbucci, Marcello Fondato,

Stars:

Totò, Raimondo Vianello, Nadia Sanders

Cast

Credited cast:
Totò	...	Marquis Galeazzo di Torrealta / Gen. Scipione di Torrealta / Prof. Carlo di Torrealta / Baroness Laudomia di Torrealta / Mons. Antonino di Torrealta / Pasquale Bonocore
Raimondo Vianello	...	Barone Lallo
Nadia Sanders	...	Donna Fiore (as Nadine Sanders)
Luigi Pavese	...	Commissario di Polizia
Mario Castellani	...	Ispettore Scalarini
Peppino De Martino	...	Notaio Cocozza
Giulio Marchetti	...	Private Detective
Franco Giacobini	...	Dottor Santoro
Pietro De Vico	...	Il Paziente
Mimmo Poli	...	Il postino
Béatrice Altariba	...	Diana
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gianni Baghino	...	Gigi lo sfregiato
Consalvo Dell'Arti	...	Maggiordomo dei Torrealta
Paolo Ferrara	...	Direttore del Carcere
Antonio La Raina	...	Attendente del Generale

Storyline

The marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them, with the exception of Monsignor Antonino di Torre Alta, are killed by Diabolicus. The police are unable to solve the case, but when Antonino gives his inheritance to Pasquale Bonocore, illegitimate son of his father and Pasquale is in prison and therefore can't be the killer, all the clues are in the hand of the police.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

7 April 1962 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Totó Diabólico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gianni Buffardi Spa, Titanus

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Something (just something) about Totò

As I read in the previous comment this movie is just an "unfunny burlesque". Even we cannot say this is the best film of Totò it belongs to the category of movies of Totò, where he is in any case a perfect sample or better the last sample of "comici dell'Arte". Maybe this cannot be understood out of Italy, but the enormous skills of this Artist are all there. For instance his characterization of the fascist "gerarca" and the Lady Laudomia, and the so matching neapolitan nobleman, or the sketch of the surgery (incomparable!)coming directly from "Teatro di Rivista" (the Italian Tivoli Burlesque). An unforgettable critic of Italian characters! Sure we can find similar commercial movies in American and other countries cinematographies, maybe not always performed by Artists of the same caliber in improvisation of this , we can say , Italian Mask. Let's just take one of Totò's inventions inside this movies "Io lo mando a Ponza a Ponzare!" (I'm sending him "fungooing" )