The Monk of Monza

101 minCountryItalyLanguageItalian

The Monk of Monza (Italian: Il monaco di Monza) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It parodies the story of the Nun of Monza, as depicted in the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.^[1][2]

Plot

Monza, 1630, a period of Spanish rule. Pasquale Cicciacalda, a humble shoemaker native of Casoria, widower of the midwife Provvidenza, can not maintain their 12 children (6 pairs of twins) and therefore devises a cunning ploy. Disguised himself and his children as monks, vague with them pretending to be poor monks, asking food and charity.

Cast

• Totò as Friar Pasquale da Casoria (Pasquale Cicciacalda)
• Erminio Macario as Friar Mamozio
• Nino Taranto as Don Egidio, Marquis de Lattanziis
• Lisa Gastoni as Fiorenza, Marquise del Giglio
• Moira Orfei as Sister Virginia
• Giacomo Furia as Cecco
• Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Smilzo
• Adriano Celentano as Adriano
• Don Backy as the false friar
• Dany París as Fiorenza's waitress
• Mario Castellani as the nobleman with two right shoes
• Carlo Delle Piane as the innkeeper
• Franco Ressel as the official

References

External links

• The Monk of Monza at IMDb