The Emperor of Capri

The Emperor of Capri

82 mins | Comedy | Dec. 16, 1949

Beautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri, and Antonio goes there behind the backs of his wife and mother-in-law. A lucky series of circumstances actually does transform him into the prince of the island.

The Emperor of Capri

82 mins | Comedy | Dec. 16, 1949

The Emperor of Capri
Beautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri, and Antonio goes there behind the backs of his wife and mother-in-law. A lucky series of circumstances actually does transform him into the prince of the island.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Lux Film
Original title L'imperatore di Capri
Directors Paolo Heusch, Galeazzo Benti, Luigi Comencini
Writers Teresa Ricci Bartolini, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz, Luigi Comencini, Gino De Santis

Cast

Totò

as Antonio De Fazio

Gianni Appelius

as Bubi di Primaporta

Galeazzo Benti

as Dodo della Baggina

Nerio Bernardi

as Osvaldo

Mario Castellani

as Asdrubale Stinchi

Pina Gallini

as La suocera

Aldo Giuffrè

as Omar Bey Kahn di Agapur

Laura Gore

as Lucia

Alda Mangini

as Emanuela

Nino Marchetti

as Geremia

Marisa Merlini

as La baronesa von Krapfen

Yvonne Sanson

as Sonia Bulgarov

Pietro Tordi

as Il marito di Emanuela

Toni Ucci

as Pupetto Turacciolo

Ugo Mari

as Cliente che si becca la Torta in Faccia (uncredited)