Totò Diabolicus
| Totò Diabolicus | |
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| Directed by | Steno |
| Written by | Vittorio Metz Roberto Gianviti Marcello Fondato Steno Giovanni Grimaldi Bruno Corbucci |
| Starring | Totò |
| Cinematography | Enzo Barboni |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni |
| Distributed by | Titanus |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 min |
| Language | Italian |
Totò Diabolicus is a 1962 Italian black comedy film directed by Steno, in which Totò plays six different characters.[1] It is a parody of the giallo genre, as well as of the noir comic book series Diabolik, which debuted the same year.[2]
Plot
[edit]Baron Torrealta is murdered by a mysterious assassin known as "Diabolicus". Due to the sizable inheritance, the police suspects the baron's heirs. The mystery deepens, however, as the suspects become targets themselves.
Cast
[edit]- Totò: Galeazzo di Torrealta/Carlo di Torrealta/Scipione di Torrealta/Monsignor Antonino di Torrealta/Laudomia di Torrealta/Pasquale Bonocore
- Raimondo Vianello: Michele aka Lallo
- Béatrice Altariba: Diana
- Nadine Sanders: donna Fiore di Torrealta
- Luigi Pavese: police commissioner
- Mario Castellani: inspector Scalarini
- Peppino De Martino: Cocozza
- Steno: Angelo, the gardener
- Franco Giacobini: Dr. Pandoro
- Pietro De Vico: patient
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- 1962 films
- 1962 black comedy films
- 1960s crime comedy films
- 1960s parody films
- Films directed by Stefano Vanzina
- Italian black comedy films
- Italian parody films
- Italian crime comedy films
- Films with screenplays by Giovanni Grimaldi
- 1960s Italian-language films
- 1960s Italian films
- Films based on Italian comics
- Giallo films
- Films about nobility
- Films scored by Piero Piccioni
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