Meo Patacca

Meo Patacca

124 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Sept. 27, 1972

Adapted from the mock-heroic poem in Roman dialect, tells the misadventures of the young trasteverino Bartolomeo Patacca that, because of the ambition of his woman, is having to train a group of beggars to go fight in defense of Christianity in Vienna, besieged by the Turks.

Meo Patacca

124 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Sept. 27, 1972

Meo Patacca
Adapted from the mock-heroic poem in Roman dialect, tells the misadventures of the young trasteverino Bartolomeo Patacca that, because of the ambition of his woman, is having to train a group of beggars to go fight in defense of Christianity in Vienna, besieged by the Turks.
Producers
Original title Meo Patacca
Directors Marcello Ciorciolini
Writers Marcello Ciorciolini, Enzo Cerusico

Cast

Gigi Proietti

as Meo Patacca

Enzo Cerusico

as Marco Pepe

Marilù Tolo

as Sora Nuccia

Mario Scaccia

as Cardinale

Nanda Primavera

as Calpurnia

Francesco Mulè

as principe romano

Marco Tulli

as maestro Tiburzio

Adriano Micantoni

as principe Lanzarotti

Umberto Di Grazia

as Cencio

Fausto Di Bella

as Checco Sciala

Fortunato Cecilia

as Tirillallo

Ettore Zamperini

as Er Fava

Ennio Colaianni

as Er Pescetto

Ettore Arena

as Peppe

Fortunato Arena

as er bujaccaro

Igino Cantoni

as er caricabotte

Mario Cianfanelli

as er quadriglia

Luigi Antonio Guerra

as er pacioso

Antonio Linich

as un confidente del Papa

Pino Patti

as consigliere del cardinale

Alessandro Perrella

as portanotizie dei turchi a Vienna

Alan Talman

as er turcomanno

Max Turilli

as capitano guardie svizzere

Rosalba Neri

as moglie del nobiluomo

Lella Cattaneo

as Citizen (uncredited)

Augusta Di Vincenzi

as Citizen (uncredited)