''Napoletani a Milano'' (internationally released as ''Neapolitans in Milan'') is a 1953 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Eduardo De Filippo. It entered the competition at the

14th Venice International Film Festival The 14th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 4 September 1953. The Golden Lion of Saint Mark was not awarded this year. The jury, having examined the films in competition and noting the considerable average high l ...

. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the

100 Italian films to be saved The list of the ''100 Italian films to be saved'' ( it, 100 film italiani da salvare) was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". History The project was established ...

Cast

* Eduardo De Filippo: Salvatore Aianello * Anna Maria Ferrero: Nannina * Tina Castigliano: Irene *

Frank Latimore Franklin Latimore (born Franklin Latimore Kline, September 28, 1925 – November 29, 1998) was an American actor. Life and career Latimore was born in Darien, Connecticut. He came from a well-to-do family, and was able to trace his lineage ba ...

: Enrico * Baldassarre Caruso: Antonio Capasso *

Thea Prandi Enrichetta Thea Prandi (25 November 1925 – 8 June 1961), known as Thea Prandi, was an Italian actress and singer who was active in the 1940s and 1950s. She is known for her roles in ''Una famiglia impossibile'' (1940) and '' L'allegro fantasma' ...

: narrator * Laura Gore: Rosetta * Vittorio Sanipoli: Giovanni *

Luigi Russo Luigi Russo (Verona, 28 September 1882 – Rome, 20 December 1964) was an Italian Fascist politician and civil servant, who served as Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of the Kingdom of Italy from 1939 to 1943. He was also Chi ...

: Vincenzino *

Renata Corridi Renata is an Italian, Polish, Tatarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Germanian, Sweden, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech, and Lithuanian feminine given name. See Renatus. In Francophone countries there is a cognate name Renée. The following peop ...

: Secretary *

Sonia Holm Sonia Holm (24 February 1922 – 2 July 1974) was an English film actress. She trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school". Filmography * ''The Loves of Joanna Godden'' (1947) * '' When the Bough Breaks'' (1947) * '' Miranda'' (1948) * ''B ...

: Mrs. Vittorini

References

External links

* 1954 films 1954 comedy films Italian comedy films Films set in Milan Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli Films scored by Renzo Rossellini Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub