''Toto Tours Italy'' ( it, Totò al giro d'Italia) is a 1948 Italian
comedy film 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
Totò.
The film features cameos of famous cyclists and other sportsmen of the time:
Fausto Coppi,
Gino Bartali,
Fiorenzo Magni,
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,
Giordano Cottur
Giordano Cottur (24 May 1914 – 8 March 2006) was an Italian cyclist. He was born in Trieste. His palmarès include three 3rd places overall at the Giro d'Italia (1940, 1948 and 1949, plus five stage wins) and an 8th overall at the 1947 To ...
,
Gianni Ortelli
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People with this given name
* Gianni Agnelli (i ...
,
Oreste Conte,
Adolfo Consolini,
Louison Bobet,
Briek Schotte
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Amos Matteucci
Amos Matteucci (20 March 1915 - 26 December 2008) was an Italian javelin thrower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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,
Jean-Pierre Wimille,
Ulisse Lorenzetti,
Di Segni,
Amadeo Deiana, Aldo Spoldi,
Giuseppe Tosi,
Camillo Achilli and
Tazio Nuvolari.
Plot
Totò Casamandrei, a middle-aged high school professor,
sells his soul to the Devil to win the
Giro d'Italia and impress the young Doriana, a cycling fan.
Cast
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Totò as Prof. Toto' Casamandrei
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Isa Barzizza as Doriana
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Giuditta Rissone as Signora Casamandrei
*
Walter Chiari as Bruno
*
Carlo Ninchi as Dante Alighieri
* Luigi Catoni as Nerone
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Mario Castellani as Renato Stella, allenatore
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Carlo Micheluzzi
Carlo Micheluzzi (1886–1973) was an Italian stage and film actor
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as Il Diavolo
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Fulvia Franco as Miss Italia
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Alda Mangini as Gervasia
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Ughetto Bertucci as Armando
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Gino Bartali as himself
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Fausto Coppi as himself
References
Bibliography
* Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century''. Princeton University Press, 2009.
External links
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1948 films
1948 comedy films
Italian comedy films
Films set in Italy
Films scored by Nino Rota
1940s Italian-language films
Italian black-and-white films
Cycling films
Films directed by Mario Mattoli
1940s Italian films
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