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Nel Seicento, un povero vedovo con una decina di figli è costretto a travestirsi da frate per vivere di carità spacciando i bambini per orfanelli; arriva in un castello dove un nobile crudele tiene sequestrata una donna e vuole sposarla per forza.
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Disc 1
DVD
The Monk of Monza (1963)
101 min
Comedy
Pasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy and generous awning. Having met on the way impoverished peasant, Pasquale takes him also, having granted the rank of "Half-Monk" and thus having gained rustic, but a reliable friend.
Credits
Director
Sergio Corbucci
Writer
Giovanni Grimaldi
Bruno Corbucci
Cast
Totòas Pasquale Cicciacalda / Don Manuel
Nino Tarantoas Marchese Egidio de Lattanzis
Erminio Macarioas Mamozio
Lisa Gastonias Fiorenza, marchesa del Giglio
Adriano Celentanoas Un falso frate
Don Backyas Un falso frate
Giacomo Furiaas Cecco, un bravo
Moira Orfeias Suor Virginia, la monaca di Monza
Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Dany París
Cinematographer
Enzo Barboni
Composer
Armando Trovajoli
Editor
Otello Colangeli
Producer
Walter Zarghetta
Franco Belotti
Giovanni Addessi
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 3, 2026