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The Two Marshals

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The Two Marshals
Directed bySergio Corbucci
Written byTotò
Sergio Corbucci
Marcello Fondato
Sandro Continenza
Bruno Corbucci
Giovanni Grimaldi
Produced byGianni Buffardi
StarringTotò
Vittorio De Sica
Gianni Agus
Arturo Bragaglia
CinematographyEnzo Barboni
Edited byRoberto Cinquini
Music byPiero Piccioni
Release date
  • 1961(1961)
Running time
99 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Two Marshals(Italian:I due marescialli) is a 1961 Italiancomedy filmwritten and directed bySergio Corbucci.[1][2][3]The film was a hit at the Italian box office, with 2.765.531 spectators and a total gross of 536.513.000lire.[4]

Plot

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In Italy, during 1943, two men collide during the bombing of theNazisand American allies. Antonio Capurro is a thief who disguises himself as a priest for the robberies at the train stations; Vittorio Cotone is acarabinierimarshal upright who's chasing Antonio, and that in the end, to a misunderstanding, he is forced to do so by Marshal dress. Antonio is excited about the new appointment, and Vittorio meanwhile disguises himself as a priest. In fact the two, in the days of theBadoglio Proclamation,are persecuted by the Nazis and fascists because they're hiding apartisan,a Jewish girl and an American soldier who is planning the Allied landing.

Cast

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Vittorio De Sica,TotóandGianni Agus

References

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  1. ^Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991).Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film.Gremese Editore, 1992.ISBN8876055932.
  2. ^Laura Morandini; Luisa Morandini; Morando Morandini (2005).Il Morandini: Dizionario dei film, 2006.Zanichelli, 2005.ISBN8808327108.
  3. ^Paolo Mereghetti.Il Mereghetti.B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010.ISBN8860736269.
  4. ^Matilde Amorosi, Alessandro Ferraù.Totò. Siamo uomini o caporali? Diario semiserio di Antonio de Curtis.Newton & Compton, 1996.ISBN88-8183-306-9.
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