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The Monk of Monza (Italian: Il monaco di Monza) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It parodies the story of the Nun of Monza, as depicted in the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.[1][2]

The Monk of Monza
Directed by	Sergio Corbucci
Written by	Bruno Corbucci Giovanni Grimaldi
Starring	Totò Erminio Macario Nino Taranto
Cinematography	Enzo Barboni
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Release date	1963
Running time	101 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Monza, 1630, a period of Spanish rule. Pasquale Cicciacalda, a humble shoemaker native of Casoria, widower of the midwife Provvidenza, can not maintain their 12 children (6 pairs of twins) and therefore devises a cunning ploy. Disguised himself and his children as monks, vague with them pretending to be poor monks, asking food and charity.

Cast

• Totò as Friar Pasquale da Casoria (Pasquale Cicciacalda)
• Erminio Macario as Friar Mamozio
• Nino Taranto as Don Egidio, Marquis de Lattanziis
• Lisa Gastoni as Fiorenza, Marquise del Giglio
• Moira Orfei as Sister Virginia
• Giacomo Furia as Cecco
• Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Smilzo
• Adriano Celentano as Adriano
• Don Backy as the false friar
• Dany París as Fiorenza's waitress
• Mario Castellani as the nobleman with two right shoes
• Carlo Delle Piane as the innkeeper
• Franco Ressel as the official

References

External links

• The Monk of Monza at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] The Monk of Monza

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[ru] Монах из Монцы

«Монах из Монцы» (итал. Il monaco di Monza) — итальянский художественный фильм 1963 года, снятый режиссёром Серджио Кобуччи. Главную роль исполнил один из величайших итальянских комиков — Тото.

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