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Poverty and Nobility (Italian: Miseria e nobiltà) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli starring Sophia Loren and Totò.
"Miseria e Nobiltà" tells the story of the humble families of Felice Pasquale and his colleague who are hired by a Marquis who wants to marry the daughter of a rich but simple cook, so they pose as aristocrats. Director. Mario Mattoli. Writers. Eduardo Scarpetta. Ruggero Maccari. Stars. Totò. Sophia Loren. Enzo Turco. See production info at IMDbPro
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- Comedy
- Mario Mattoli
- 1955-02-16
Overview. Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook. Mario Mattoli. Director. Ruggero Maccari. Screenplay. Reviews.
Poverty and Nobility (Miseria e nobiltà) is a 1954 film from Italy directed by Mario Mattoli. It is an adaptation of an 1888 play by Eduardo Scarpetta. Felice and Pasquale are two men in Naples, trying to earn money as, respectively, a scribe for the illiterate and a photographer.
Writer Felice and photographer Pasquale live in poverty, constantly bickering as they attempt to ply their respective arts. Their friend Eugenio, son of the Marquis Ottavio, convinces the two to accompany him and pretend they are aristocrats when he goes to ask for the hand of his beloved Gemma.
Directed by Mario Mattoli. Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
1954. Italy. 95 minutes. This raucously entertaining farce—an adaptation of Eduardo Scarpetta’s best-known play—finds an ascendant 19-year-old Sophia Loren, in one of her first major roles, starring opposite the unassailable superstar Totò.
