TotòFilmography

Born:: February 15, 1898 in Naples, Italy
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Antonio de Curtis Gagliardi Ducas Comneno di Bisanzio
Biography:: The delightful Italian stage and screen comedian Toto was born to a prominent but penniless Neapolitan family at the turn of the century. Following World War I service, Toto first took to the stage as music-hall revue comic. Firmly established in the legitimate Italian theater by 1936, he made his...Read More

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Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

Synopsis: Survey of the history of Italian cinema, featuring clips from such classics as "Open City," "8-1/2," and "Seven Beauties," and interviews with illustrious stars and filmmakers, including Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Toto, Monica Vitti, Anna Magnani, Vittorio DeSica, Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini Read More

9/13/86
Capriccio All'italiana

4/13/68
Le Streghe

Actors: Silvana Mangano, Annie Girardot, Francisco Rabal, Massimo Girotti, Elsa Albani

Synopsis: This Dino De Laurentiis production from 1965 is actually an anthology of five different directors' work, each telling their own stories about witches. The five stories are "The Witch Burned Alive," "Civic Sense," "The Earth As Seen From The Moon," "The Girl From Sicily," and "A Night Like Any Read More

2/22/67
Operazione San Gennaro

Actors: Nino Manfredi, Senta Berger, Mario Adorf, Harry Guardino, Totò

Synopsis: In this comedy, two Yankee con artists pose as tourists visiting scenic Naples. There they intend to rob an old church. Before pulling the caper, the two enlist the aid of a local criminal. The theft succeeds, but afterwards the crooks begin double-crossing each other. Murder and mayhem ensues as Read More

11/25/66
The Hawks and the Sparrows

Actors: Totò, Ninetto Davoli

Synopsis: Originally Uccellacci e Uccellini, The Hawks and the Sparrows was adapted by director Pier Paolo Pasolini from his own novel. Italian comedian Toto plays a dual role, as "himself" and 12th century monk Brother Ciccillo. In modern times, Toto and his son Ninetto Davoli come across a talking crow Read More

5/4/66
Rita, la Figlia Americana

12/2/65
Mandragola

Actors: Philippe Leroy, Rosanna Schiaffino, Totò, Romolo Valli

Synopsis: A husband desperate for an heir, will do anything to produce one in this Italian drama, adapted from the long-banned Machiavelli classic. In desperation, the man sends his devoted wife to a man pretending to be a doctor. He convinces her to drink an infusion of mandrake weed, which he claims will Read More

11/18/65
Gli Amanti Latini

8/11/65
Totò de Arabia

2/10/65
Totò contro il pirata nero

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3/27/64
Totò sexy

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9/5/63
Le Motorizzate

Actors: Totò, Walter Chiari, Sophie Desmarets

8/15/63
Totò e Cleopatra

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8/14/63
Il Commandante

Synopsis: After a colonel retires, his wife locates a job for him to relieve him of his boredom. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1963
I Due Colonelli

Actors: Totò, Walter Pidgeon, Scilla Gabel, Adriana Facchetti, Nino Taranto

Synopsis: In this Italian WW II comedy, an Italian colonel leads the invasion of Montegreco, a small town on the Greek-Albanian border. British troops also try to take over the village. The townsfolk are unconcerned as the two sides have "invaded" them more than threescore times already. The townies care Read More

12/21/62
Totò di notte n.1

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10/25/62
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino

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9/5/62
Totò diabolicus

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4/6/62
Totò contro maciste

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2/22/62
Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita

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3/23/61
The Lady Doctor

Synopsis: In this drama, a woman marries a lawyer who is endeavoring to do all he can to stay on the good side of his wealthy aunts so he will inherit their fortunes. When the bride begins acting strangely and going places at odd times, the aunts hire a private detective to shadow her. He learns that she Read More

1961
Risate di Gioia

Synopsis: Also known as The Passionate Thief, this fast-paced crime comedy stars Anna Magnani as the fly in the ointment for a pair of disreputable types. Pickpockets Toto and Ben Gazzara don't want Magnani around while they ply their trade, but she manages to foul up their plans by falling in love with Read More

10/13/60
Totò, Fabrizi e i Giovani d'oggi

Actors: Totò

8/7/60
I Tartassati

Actors: Totò, Louis de Funès, Aldo Fabrizi, Luciano Marin, Cathia Caro

Synopsis: Several top Italian stars, including Toto as a shopkeeper and Also Fabrizi as a tax collector, are featured in this entertaining comedy. The shopkeeper like a lot of others, does not want to pay the taxes he is normally assessed. By his reckoning, they are far too high. So when the tax collector Read More

4/9/59
Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito

2/6/59
Totò nella luna

Synopsis: In this Italian sci-fi comedy, Toto is not a little dog, but an enormously popular comedian. The story centers on him as he and another embark upon a space race. Their efforts are hampered by aliens who clone the heroes to keep them from exploring further. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

11/28/58
La Loi C'est la Loi

Actors: Fernandel, Totò, Noël Roquevert, Leda Gloria, Nathalie Nerval

Synopsis: Fernandel plays a French customs sergeant who conducts an ongoing war of nerves with Italian smuggler Toto on the Franco-Italian border. The French sergeant discovers that, through a long-ago hospital mix-up, he is actually an Italian citizen. Now Fernandel is legally prevented from arresting Read More

10/27/58
Totò a Parigi

Actors: Totò, Fernand Gravey, Sylva Koscina, Philippe Clay

10/4/58
Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

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8/9/58
Big Deal on Madonna Street

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Renato Salvatori, Rosanna Rory

Synopsis: Mario Monicelli's classic crime comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street (I Soliti Ignoti) features Vittorio Gassman and Marcello Mastroianni as a pair of thieves who head a group of criminals in a break-in attempt. Their plan involves digging an underground tunnel from an apartment that leads to a Read More

7/26/58
Totò e Marcellino

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4/22/58
Dites 33

Actors: Totò, Vittorio De Sica, Abbe Lane, Darry Cowl

1958
Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa

Actors: Vittorio De Sica, Totò, Abbe Lane

Synopsis: If Hollywood could put the names of Abbott and Costello in the titles of the team's pictures, why couldn't Italy honor its favorite actors in a similar fashion. Toto, Vittorio e la Dotoressa stars that matchless Italian comic actor Toto, matinee idol/director Vittorio De Sica, and, as Dotoressa Read More

12/23/57
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

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12/21/56
Totò, Peppino e...la malafemmina

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8/14/56
Totò lascia o raddoppia?

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5/2/56
Totò all'inferno

3/16/55
Totò e Carolina

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3/2/55
L'Oro di Napoli

Actors: Totò, Pasquale Cennamo, Lianella Carell, Sophia Loren, Giacomo Furia, Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Mangano

Synopsis: Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, and Giuseppe Marotta wrote this anthology of tales depicting various aspects of Neapolitan life, with the emphasis of poignancy and comedy: "The Racketeer" features Toto with a gangster as his unwanted house guest; "Pizza On Credit" gave Sophia Loren one of her Read More

12/3/54
Totò cerca pace

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10/20/54
Tempi Nostri

Synopsis: This Italian anthology is comprised of five separate episodes. In the first tale, two impoverished parents must leave their baby because they cannot afford to feed it. The second concerns two aristocrats who have fallen into poverty and end up reunited when they both are cast as extras in a movie. Read More

3/16/54
Una Di Quelle

Actors: Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Lea Padovani, Peppino De Filippo, Laura Gore

Synopsis: Aldo Fabrizi is both director and co-star of the Italian Una di Quelle (One of Those). Basically, however, the film is a vehicle for the inspired film-clown Toto. The latter plays the ardent suitor of a seemingly respectable young widow named Maria. Actually, Maria is a prostitute, albeit an inept Read More

10/8/53
Totò e le donne

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12/20/52
Totò a Colori

Actors: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Fulvia Franco, Franca Valeri, Galeazzo Benti

Synopsis: The English-language title of Toto a Colori is Toto in Color -- and it delivers on this promise. For the first time in his film career, that matchless Italian comedian Toto goes through his paces in living Ferraniacolor. There's not much of a plot: Toto performs several of his favorite stage Read More

4/8/52
Totò sceicco

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11/30/50
Totò cerca moglie

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3/15/50
Totò le Moko

Actors: Totò, Gianna Maria Canale, Carla Calo, Carlo Ninchi, Franca Marzi

Synopsis: Toto, the brilliant Italian comic actor, frequently appeared in parodies of previous movie hits. Toto le Moko is a lampoon of Jean Gabin's Pepe le Moko, and as such plays best if one is familiar with the Gabin picture. Toto plays the cousin of notorious Pepe le Moko, leader of all illegal Read More

12/20/49
L'Imperatore Di Capri

Actors: Totò, Yvonne Sanson, Marisa Merlini, Laura Gore

Synopsis: Italian film comedian Toto was usually better than his material. L'Imperator di Capri is one of a handful of films that is truly worthy of Toto's farcical skills. The plot is a familiar one for the star, involving mistaken identity, close shaves, and a dalliance with a beautiful woman. Forced to Read More

12/16/49
Totò cerca casa

Actors: Totò, Aroldo Tieri, Mario Castellani, Folco Lulli

Synopsis: It is hardly necessary to note that the star of Totò cerca casa is popular Italian farceur Toto. Nor does it require a PhD to figure out the film's plotline. That's right: Totò wants to find a place to hang his hat, but the postwar Italian housing shortage makes this difficult. The "plot" is Read More

12/9/49
Totò al giro d'Italia

12/30/48

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