Tototarzan (1950)
Roaming the vast jungles of Congo with his best friend, Bongo the gorilla, Antonio della Buffas, a mysterious man whom the natives call the "white monkey", is utterly unaware that he is the long-lost son of a wealthy explorer. Then, three opportunists manage to capture and bring the white savage to civilisation, bent on getting their hands on his immense fortune.
- Date of release
- 1950-10-31
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (35)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Mario Mattoli
Casting
- Totò — Antonio Della Buffas
- Marilyn Buferd — Iva
- Bianca Maria Fusari — La maestra
- Alba Arnova — Sonia
- Adriana Serra — Marta
- Vira Silenti — Dora
- Luisa Poselli — Giacoma
- Galeazzo Benti — L'esercitatore dei paracadutisti
- Tino Buazzelli — Spartaco
- Mario Castellani — Stanis
- Enrico Luzi — L'avvocato Finotti
- Vinicio Sofia — Il barone Rosen
Interesting facts
Totò Tarzan is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel Tarzan of the Apes. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. As with Totò's other films of the era it was a commercial success, taking around 385 million lira at the box office.
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