''Toto's First Night'' () is a 1962 Italian

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as break ...

directed by

Mario Amendola Mario Natalino Concetto Amendola (8 December 1910 – 22 December 1993) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and dramatist. Biography Amendola was born in Recco, which is located in Genova to parents from Rome. He began his career o ...

and starring

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il principe della risat ...

and Erminio Macario.Bìspuri p.264

Plot

Ninì and Mimi are two friends, itinerant players, who can not make a penny. It is performed at night, in various places, arousing only the laughter of the public, until Mimi is delivered the conspicuous legacy of his uncle. Ninì immediately takes the opportunity to re-launch the duo in nightclubs, but squanders all the money in goliardic parties.

Cast

as Nini * Erminio Macario as Mimi Makò * Margaret Lee *

Helmut Zacharias Helmut Zacharias (27 January 192028 February 2002) was a German violinist and composer who created over 400 works and sold 14 million records. He also appeared in a number of films, usually playing musicians. Early life Helmut Zacharias was bor ...

* Mac Ronay * Dodo' D'Amburg * Pascaline * Caroline Lecerf * Moa Tahi * Karin Koidl * Margaret Rose Keil * Caroline Cherie * Madame Arthur * Dori Dorika * Don Lurio

References

Bibliography

* Ennio Bìspuri. ''Totò: principe clown : tutti i film di Totò''. Guida Editori, 1997.

External links

* 1962 films 1962 musical comedy films Italian musical comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Amendola Films with screenplays by Giovanni Grimaldi Films with screenplays by Bruno Corbucci Films scored by Armando Trovajoli 1960s Italian films {{musical-comedy-film-stub