The Gold of Naples

Dec 3, 1954

2h 11m

★ 7.3

A sextet of Neapolitan tales - six captivating stories - wry, delightful and dramatic with that special humor and temperament and that enduring zest for life that characterizes these volatile people...

Overview

A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza seller losing her husband’s ring, a child's funeral, a gambler beaten by a kid, a prostitute's unusual wedding, and a "wisdom seller" offering advice.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica

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Cast

Teresa (segment "Teresa")

Silvana Mangano

Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit)

Sophia Loren

Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")

Eduardo De Filippo

Don Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit)

Paolo Stoppa

Don Nicola (segment "Teresa")

Erno Crisa

Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Totò

Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Lianella Carell

Rosario, Sofia's husband (segment Pizza on Credit)

Giacomo Furia

Old woman (segment "Il professore")

Tina Pica

Alfredo, Sofia's lover (segment Pizza on a Credit)

Alberto Farnese

Don Peppino's friend (segment Pizza on a Credit)

Tecla Scarano

Don Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo")

Pasquale Cennamo

Married for eight years with no children, Brits Katherine and Alex Joyce are driving to Italy, their ultimate destination just outside of Naples to sell the villa they have just inherited from his uncle, the villa where they will be staying during their time there. On the drive, they come to the realization that this trip marks the first time that they have truly been alone together, and as such don't really know one another in the true sense.

6.7

Libera

Dec 31, 1993

Three episodes. In the first, Aurora lives in a luxurious apartment. Among some workers called to her house, she recognizes an old lover, who returns to courting her, but then empties her house. In the second, a boy released from reform school discovers that his mother is actually his father: a transvestite. In the third, a newsagent, suspecting her husband, who constantly pretends to be ill, is cheating on her, places a video camera in her room. She records his sexual encounters on a videotape that she sells at newsstands. In his directorial debut, Corsicato demonstrates a sharp and poetic talent (he was Almodovar's assistant) in creating three portraits of women that are also portraits of his city, Naples.

7.6

I'm Starting from Three

Mar 5, 1981

Gaetano, a young Neapolitan, decides to leave home, work and friends, to look for other moments of life and meet other people.

6.6

Love and Bullets

Aug 1, 2017

A Camorra boss fakes his own death in order to start a new life elsewhere with his family, but a nurse happens to see him alive and well after the funeral. A hitman is promptly sent to get rid of her, only to find out that she's his first and unforgotten love. He decides to protect her, becoming himself a target.

5.4

A Husband for Anna

Aug 22, 1953

Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets engaged to him. But while she is waiting for Andrea to return from the navy she gets raped by her boss. Her life suddenly takes a downward spiral.

7.5

Paisan

Dec 10, 1946

During the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II, six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. These tales follow the interactions between American soldiers and Italian civilians as they navigate their way through language barriers and cultural differences.

7.4

Seven Beauties

Dec 20, 1975

Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. The Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by seducing a German officer.

7.4

The Sucker

Mar 24, 1965

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

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6.0

Il Campanello

Jun 29, 2010

IL CAMPANELLO DI NOTTE, Farce in one act by Gaetano Donizetti, is set in Naples. Don Annibale Pistacchio, an old apothecary, have just married the young Serafina. Enrico, former lover of Serafina, interrupts constantly the wedding night showing on several disguises and calling at Pistacchio's drugstore by ringing the night bell, asking the unfortunate groom a preposterous list of prescriptions.

6.7

Welcome to the South

Oct 1, 2010

Alberto, post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia, is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...

3.9

San Valentino Stories

Feb 14, 2018

No overview available.

5.9

Troubling Love

Apr 12, 1995

When her elderly mother is found dead under sordid circumstances, Delia returns to her native Naples for the first time in years to attend the funeral. Trying to piece together her estranged parent's secret life, she'll face the hidden memories that shaped her family history.

7.4

Scent of a Woman

Dec 20, 1974

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.

5.5

Querido Fidel

Jul 10, 2021

No overview available.

6.3

It Started in Naples

Aug 6, 1960

Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother. Once there, he discovers that the deceased has left an 8 year old boy who is being raised by Michael's sister-in-law Lucia Curcio. To complicate matters, Lucia happens to be a sexy nightclub performer.

7.0

Street Angel

Apr 9, 1928

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.