Fifa e arena (1948)

Name: Fifa e arena
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1948-11-23
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Mario Castellani, Franca Marzi, Giulio Marchetti

Fifa e arena (1948), directed by Mario Mattoli, starring Totò and Isa Barzizza.

11/23/1948 BR Comedy 1h 21m

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In Napoli, Nicolino Capece, a truthful pharmacist clerk becomes erroneously recognized as a dangerous Spanish criminal and decides to escape to Spain. In Siviglia, he is blackmailed by the bandit Cast who wants him to marry the rich Patricia Cotten and then kill her. So Nicolino play the bull fighter and heads to the arena....

Vincenzo SeratriceCinematography
Mario MattoliDirector
Giuliana AttenniEditing
Pippo BarzizzaOriginal music

About the film

Fear and Sand (Italian: Fifa e arena) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. The title makes reference to the 1941 Hollywood film Blood and Sand and its 1908 source novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which Fear and Sand partially parodies.

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Plot

Nicolino is a kitchen boy who works in a small pharmacy in the country, run by a woman unbearably rude. So Nicolino really wants to leave his job, when he discovers that you are looking for a murderess with the same face to his. Nicolino so disguises himself as a woman and flees with the first plane is: leave for Sevilla. In Spain Nicolino is always found involved in misunderstandings and terrible mess because it is always considered a murderess until he runs into some people who mistake him for a famous bullfighter ready for his next battle against the bull to be held in bullfight in a few rounds. Nicolino in spite of being trained and prepared for the race and also falls in love with the beautiful Patricia, who encourages him to fight. Nicolino is wittily nicknamed "Nicolete" and is faced with the bull but it breaks down. In the hospital Nicolete prove their identity and will marry Patricia.

Cast

Totò as Nicolino Capece

Isa Barzizza as Patricia Cotten

Mario Castellani as Cast

Franca Marzi as Carmen

Giulio Marchetti as Paquito

Cesare Polacco as Banderillero

Vinicio Sofia as Paquito's manager

Ada Dondini as Mrs. Adele

Luigi Pavese as Doctor

Galeazzo Benti as George

Raimondo Vianello as Maître

Alda Mangini as Lady on train

Ughetto Bertucci as Chauffeur

Enzo Turco as Shoeshiner's customer

References

Bibliography

Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.

External links

Fifa e arena at IMDb

Text from Fear and Sand on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Sand

Trivia

It premiered on November 23, 1948, a Tuesday.
It runs 1h21 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosCinematografica Distributori Indipendenti
CountriesItaly
LanguagesItalian
StatusReleased

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Vincenzo Seratrice Cinematography
Mario Mattoli Director
Giuliana Attenni Editing
Pippo Barzizza Original music
Marcello Marchesi Story
Marcello Marchesi Screenplay
Steno Story
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What is Fifa e arena about?

Fifa e arena: In Napoli, Nicolino Capece, a truthful pharmacist clerk becomes erroneously recognized as a dangerous Spanish criminal and decides to escape to Spain. In Siviglia, he is blackmailed by the bandit Cast who wants him to marry the rich Patricia Cotten and then kill her. So Nicolino play the bull fighter and heads to the …

Who directed Fifa e arena?

Fifa e arena was directed by Mario Mattoli in 1948.

Who stars in Fifa e arena?

The cast of Fifa e arena includes Totò, Isa Barzizza, Mario Castellani, Franca Marzi and Giulio Marchetti.

How long is Fifa e arena?

Fifa e arena runs for 81 minutes, or 1h21.