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The Gold of Naples

Original title: L'oro di Napoli
  • 1954
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 18m
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7.3/10
2.1K
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Sophia Loren and Totò in The Gold of Naples (1954)
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A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.

  • Director
    • Vittorio De Sica
  • Writers
    • Giuseppe Marotta
    • Cesare Zavattini
    • Vittorio De Sica
  • Stars
    • Totò
    • Lianella Carell
    • Pasquale Cennamo
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    2.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Vittorio De Sica
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe Marotta
      • Cesare Zavattini
      • Vittorio De Sica
    • Stars
      • Totò
      • Lianella Carell
      • Pasquale Cennamo
    • 12User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations

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    Totò
    Totò
    • Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
    Lianella Carell
    Lianella Carell
    • Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
    Pasquale Cennamo
    • Don Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo")
    • (as Pasquale Gennano)
    Agostino Salvietti
    • Gennaro Esposito (segment "Il guappo")
    Sophia Loren
    Sophia Loren
    • Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")
    Paolo Stoppa
    Paolo Stoppa
    • Don Peppino - il vedovo (segment "Pizze a credito")
    Giacomo Furia
    • Rosario - marito di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")
    Alberto Farnese
    Alberto Farnese
    • Alfredo - l'amante di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")
    Tecla Scarano
    • Un amico di Peppino (segment "Pizze a credito")
    Tartaro Pasquale
    • Cafiero (segment "Pizze a credito")
    Teresa De Vita
    • La madre (segment "Funeralino")
    Vittorio De Sica
    Vittorio De Sica
    • Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
    Pierino Bilancioni
    • Il piccolo Gennarino (segment "I giocatori")
    Lars Borgström
    • Federico - the Doorkeeper (segment "I giocatori")
    • (as L. Borgoström)
    Mario Passante
    Mario Passante
    • Giovanni - the Butler (segment "I giocatori")
    Silvana Mangano
    Silvana Mangano
    • Teresa (segment "Teresa")
    Erno Crisa
    Erno Crisa
    • Don Nicola (segment "Teresa")
    Ubaldo Maestri
    • Don Ubaldo (segment "Teresa")
    • Director
      • Vittorio De Sica
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe Marotta
      • Cesare Zavattini
      • Vittorio De Sica
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Director Vittorio De Sica, who also plays the role of Count Prospero, often used to pick up actors for his movies from the streets. He proposed the role of Count Prospero to lawyer Alfredo Jelardi, whom he had seen in action in a court in Naples and who was well known in Naples. De Sica invited the lawyer in a hotel in Naples to discuss the proposal: Jelardi was really interested, despite never having performed in any kind of recitation, but at the end he decided to refuse the proposal because the role remembered him too much some aspects of his private life. Jelardi asked De Sica to personally play the role drawing inspiration from him.
    • Quotes

      Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo"): "My condolences, Don Carmine, my condolences. Come have dinner at our place." That's what you told him. "Tonight you shouldn't be alone. Honor us." And it's been 10 years he's honoring us, this scum bag.

    • Alternate versions
      The segment on the funeral of a dead child was deleted from all release versions, and the short segment on the Professor only appeared in the original Italian version. For the remaining four episodes, the time was 107 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Le ciné-club de Radio-Canada: Film présenté: L'or de Naples (1959)

    User reviews12

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    10/10

    My Favorite Movie

    "L'oro di Napoli" is the kind of movie which has everything in it. Human emotions, good and evil in Humankind, great sceneries of Napoli and its Golf, great music, great actors and most of all a genius director, Vittorio De Sica.

    This is the kind of movie one may watch again and again without getting bored.

    As for myself, I even took a trip to Napoli on August 2001, to find out the beautiful sites where the movie took place.

    I found the beautiful "Castello Dell'Ovo" and the "Fontana Dell'Immacolatella", which are not mentioned by name in the movie. Amazingly both sites look the same as in 1954, as well as some neighboring buildings.

    I managed finding a collection of the most beautiful Neapolitan Canzoni (Songs), including the song `A Marechiaro' which plays at the end of the movie, a song I cherished for long, before watching the movie.

    To summarize, as far as I am concerned, `L'Oro Di Napoli' (The Gold of Napoli), constitutes a genuine treasure in the history of movies, which I'll always cherish deep in my heart.

    Zeev Kasher
    • zkasher
    • Aug 22, 2001
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    • Release date
      • February 11, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Napuljsko zlato
    • Filming locations
      • Salita Cinesi, Rione Sanità, Naples, Campania, Italy(The switchback ramp featured in the vignette Il Guappo.)
    • Production companies
      • Carlo Ponti Cinematografica
      • Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,046
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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