Figaro Here, Figaro There
| Figaro Here, Figaro There | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia |
| Produced by |
Dino De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti |
| Written by |
Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz Gioachino Rossini (libretto) |
| Starring |
Totò Isa Barzizza |
| Music by | Pippo Barzizza (from Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville) |
| Cinematography | Mario Albertelli |
| Edited by | Renato Cinquini |
Production company |
Golden Film |
| Distributed by | Lux Film |
Release dates | 12 October 1950 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Figaro Here, Figaro There (Italian: Figaro qua, Figaro là) is a 1950 Italian historical comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò and Isa Barzizza. The title and the plot allude to The Barber of Seville.[1] It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Alberto Boccianti.
Plot
The protagonist of the film, set in the eighteenth century, is Figaro, the barber of Seville, which is likely to be arrested because although there is a ban opens his shop on Sundays. Figaro is a friend of a nobleman who fell in love with Rosina, her friend and daughter of the governor. But the father of Rosina does not agree to their marriage. One day Rosina, by her maid Dove manages to tell the Count that one night staying at the inn "of four bulls." Then the Count and Figaro with a friend of hers to the inn before they get Rosina and his court. Their plan is to replace the host, pose as their owners of the inn and abduct Rosina. But unfortunately not all is according to plan. In fact, Pedro, dangerous bandit, he learns that Rosina and his court must stay at the inn that night and his men raided the inn: they dress all by hosts and make prisoners Figaro, the Count and his friend. Then finally comes Rosina remains very disappointed when he sees that his beloved is not there. Figaro, however, has an idea: he writes a note and puts it in OCA that will bring to the table, where it says that the man in the white hat is Pedro. Unfortunately at that time the white hat's got Figaro and Pedro, so the soldiers Figaro stop believing that it is Pedro and the plan fails. Figaro is sentenced to death by firing squad, but in the end manages to escape helped by count. Eventually, after many vicissitudes, Count riece to marry Rosina and, after marriage, Figaro goes to live with them.
Cast
- Totò as Figaro
- Isa Barzizza as Rosina
- Gianni Agus as Count of Almaviva
- Renato Rascel as Don Alonzo
- Guglielmo Barnabò as Don Bartolo
- Jole Fierro as Colomba
- Luigi Pavese as Pedro
- Franca Marzi as Consuelo
- Pietro Tordi as Fiorello
- Ugo Sasso as Hurtado
- Mario Siletti as the president of the court
- Mario Castellani as the actor
- Giulio Calì as the barber help
References
- ↑ Bìspuri p.84-85
Bibliography
- Ennio Bìspuri. Totò: principe clown : tutti i film di Totò. Guida Editori, 1997.