San Giovanni decollato (1940)
Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does not approve of his daughter's boy friend and he does not want him to marry her.
- Date of release
- 1940-12-12
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (33)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Amleto Palermi
Casting
- Totò — Mastro Agostino Miciacio
- Titina De Filippo — Concetta Miciacio
- Bella Starace Sainati — Donna Provvidenza, farmer's wife
- Silvana Jachino — Serafina Miciacio
- Franco Coop — Don Raffaele, the barber
- Osvaldo Genazzani — Giorgio Maria Santapola
- Augusto Di Giovanni — Don Peppino Esposito
- Mario Siletti — Teodoro Cupis
- Tommaso Marcellini — Don Benedetto, the farmer
- Eduardo Passarelli — Orazio, the lamp-lighter
- Giacomo Almirante — The Judge
- Edmondo Starace — A Clerk
Interesting facts
Saint John, the Beheaded is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and Giorgio Bianchi and starring Totò, Titina De Filippo and Silvana Jachino. It was based on a play by Nino Martoglio. The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome.
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