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
Mario Mattoli
Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966.
His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy ...
and starring the comic duo
Franco and Ciccio
Franco () and Ciccio () were a comic comedy duo formed by Italian actors Franco Franchi (1928–1992) and Ciccio Ingrassia (1922–2003), particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Their collaboration began in 1954 in the theater field, and e ...
Four ex-soldiers meet and reminisce about the times they were in the military: a parachutist mistaking his sergeant's home for a brothel, a hypnotized sailor that believes he changed his sex, and two soldiers captured by an African tribe.
Alighiero Noschese
Alighiero Noschese (; 25 November 1932 – 3 December 1979) was an Italian TV impersonator and actor.
Life and career
Noschese was born in Naples. After an unsuccessful attempt to work as journalist, he debuted for Italian radio as imitator ...
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Walter Chiari
Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari , was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.
Biography
Walter Annicchiarico was born in Verona, Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originally ...
as Alberto
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Vittorio Congia
Vittorio Congia (4 November 1930 – 26 November 2019) was an Italian film actor and dubber.Diletta D'Andrea
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Renzo Palmer
Renzo Palmer (20 December 1929 – 4 June 1988) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1957 and 1988.
Life and career
Born in Milan as Lorenzo Bigatti, Palmer was the adopted son of the ...
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Elio Pandolfi
Elio Pandolfi (17 June 1926 – 11 October 2021) was an Italian stage, film and television actor, radio personality, and voice actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Pandolfi got a degree in accounting, and then he enrolled at the Silvio d’Ami ...
as Aurelio
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Antonella Steni
Antonietta Stefanini (3 December 1926 – 18 January 2016), best known as Antonella Steni, was an Italian actress, voice actress, comedian and presenter.
Career
Born in Montefiascone, Steni started her career as a child actress in the stage comp ...
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Carlo Campanini
Carlo Campanini (5 October 1906 – 20 November 1984), was an Italian actor, singer and comedian. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1939 and 1969.
Life and career
Born in Turin, Campanini attended a technical school and a course of ...
as Roberto
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Marisa Del Frate
Marisa Del Frate (11 March 1931 – 5 February 2015) was an Italian actress, singer, and television personality.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Del Frate started her career as a model and took part in several beauty contests. In 1957, she succes ...
as Gina
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Tony Renis
Tony Renis (born 13 May 1938), stage name of Elio Cesari, is an Italian singer, composer, music producer and film actor.
Life and career
Renis was born in Milan. In the mid-1950s he met with Adriano Celentano, and the two started performing an i ...