Miseria e nobiltà

Although my reviews generally start with a precis of the plot, the complications and situations in this one defy description. Let it stand that Toto stars in this Scarpetta farce as a poor man who is hired by a nobleman to impersonate his Princely uncle so he can marry Sophia Loren, as who among us would not, and it is very funny.

Toto had a very obvious relationship to Scarpetta, having worked extensively with his children, and his usual comic tics , spoonerism and general nonsense are on full view here. This is the third of three movie versions of the play: a silent version, now lost, a 1950 version starring Vincenzo Scarpetta preceded this. There's immense fun to be had here, with Toto's delivery hilarious even when you don't know Italian.