The Passaguai Family Gets Rich

1952 film
  • 7 March 1952 (1952-03-07)
Running time
96 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

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]

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

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

  • 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

  1. ^ Gundle p.146
  2. ^ Chiti & Poppi p.1949

Bibliography

  • 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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