The psychiatric clinic medical director, runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli and Cavalier Peppino Caprioli, so they have to get back some memories of family life, in order to understand their mental illness.
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Title: Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (1958)
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| Totò | ... | Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli | |
| Peppino De Filippo | ... | Cavalier Peppino Caprioli | |
| Johnny Dorelli | ... | Carlo Caprioli | |
| Alessandra Panaro | ... | Vignanelli's Daughter | |
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Mario Riva | ... | Caprioli's Boss |
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Aroldo Tieri | ... | The Psychiatric Medical Director |
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Diana Dei | ... | The Wife of Caprioli's Boss |
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Peppino De Martino | ... | Giovanni |
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Rosalia Maggio | ... | Anita |
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Nadia Bianchi | ... | Marietta |
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Giacomo Furia | ... | Man Cousin of Giovanni |
| Fanfulla | ... | Giacinti | |
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Elena Borgo | ... | Ada |
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Benedetta Rutili | ... | Woman Cousin of Giovanni |
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Enzo Garinei | ... | The Journalist |
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The psychiatric clinic medical director, runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli and Cavalier Peppino Caprioli, so they have to get back some memories of family life, in order to understand their mental illness.
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The asylum where Antonio Vignanelli (Totò) and Peppino Caprioli (Peppino De Filippo) are taken is in fact the main building of film studios De Paoli in Rome. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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22 August 1958 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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As with many films of its era, this is a satire on the Italian "boom" and the nth pairing of its star duo - which generally made for an assured pleasant diversion. Toto' and Peppino are henpecked husbands who are driven off the wall by their respective families' obsession with progress and end up in an asylum, giving way to various amusing flashbacks to their domestic and professional mishaps. The film's last third is devoted to a gala night, highlighting popular musical talent of the period; actually, crooner/actor Johnny Dorelli is featured as the secondary lead (playing Peppino's son) - who, naturally, falls for Toto''s daughter...