The Gold of Naples

The Gold of Naples

131 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 3, 1954

Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of six Napolitean episodes : a clown exploited by a gangster ; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) loosing her husband's ring ; the funeral of a dead child ; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid ; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute ; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller".

The Gold of Naples

131 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 3, 1954

The Gold of Naples
Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of six Napolitean episodes : a clown exploited by a gangster ; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) loosing her husband's ring ; the funeral of a dead child ; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid ; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute ; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller".
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
Original title L'oro di Napoli
Directors Franca Carotenuto, Luisa Alessandri, Franco Montemurro, Vittorio De Sica
Writers Giuseppe Marotta, Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica

Cast

Silvana Mangano

as Teresa (segment "Teresa")

Sophia Loren

as Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")

Eduardo De Filippo

as Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")

Paolo Stoppa

as Don Peppino - il vedovo (segment "Pizze a credito")

Erno Crisa

as Don Nicola (segment "Teresa")

Totò

as Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Lianella Carell

as Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Giacomo Furia

as Rosario - marito di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")

Tina Pica

as Old woman (segment "Il professore")

Alberto Farnese

as Alfredo - l'amante di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")

Tecla Scarano

as Un amico di Peppino (segment "Pizze a credito")

Pasquale Cennamo

as Don Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo")

Agostino Salvietti

as Gennaro Esposito (segment "Il guappo")

Pasquale Tartaro

as Cafiero (segment "Pizze a credito")

Teresa De Vita

as La madre (segment "Funeralino")

Vittorio De Sica

as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")

Pierino Bilancioni

as Il piccolo Gennarino (segment "I giocatori")

Lars Borgström

as Federico - the Doorkeeper (segment "I giocatori")

Mario Passante

as Giovanni - the Butler (segment "I giocatori")

Ubaldo Maestri

as Don Ubaldo (segment "Teresa")

Nino Imparato

as Gennaro (segment "Il professore")

Gianni Crosio

as Alfonso Maria di Sant'Agata dei Fornai (segment "Il professore")

Roberto De Simone

as Umberto Scognamiglio (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited)

Rosetta Dei

as (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited)

Irene Montaldo

as La contessa B. (segment "I giocatori") (uncredited)

Gigi Reder

as Don Peppino's friend (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited)

Nino Vingelli

as Guappo (segment "Il guappo") (uncredited)