The Two Orphans (1947 film)

The Two Orphans
(I due orfanelli)
The Two Orphans; (I due orfanelli)
	Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Agenore Incrocci; Mario Mattoli; Jean-Jacques Rastier; Stefano Vanzina
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis ; Carlo Ponti
Starring	Totò ; Carlo Campanini ; Isa Barzizza
Cinematography	Tino Santoni; Jan Stallich
Edited by	Fernando Tropea
Music by	Pippo Barzizza
Production; company	Excelsa Film
Distributed by	Minerva Film
Release date	27 November 1947;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Two Orphans (Italian: I Due Orfanelli) is a 1947 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.^[1] It is based on the 1874 play of the same title by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon.

Plot[edit]

The story is set in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. Caspar (Totò) and the Baptist (Campanini) are two poor homeless staying in an orphanage, not knowing where to stay. One day the two orphans are called by the director to solve a very special case: Susanne, a girl from the orphanage would like to marry a rich young but his father is against it because he does not know anything about the origins of his girlfriend. So Gasparre has the bright idea to cut a lock of hair to swap it with that of Susanne and so the father of the rich man discovers that the owner of the hair is of noble origins and thus a relative. Caspar along with the Baptist enters the new family but the nobles Parisians have in mind to delete the new emperor Napoleon III of France and the two tramps are involved against their bungling. Being in the real room of the emperor, Napoleon immediately catches them and makes them stop, so Caspar and Baptist are sentenced to the guillotine. But just as the ax is about to fall on their heads, the two orphans wake up with a start: it was all a dream.

Cast[edit]

Totò as Gasparre
Carlo Campanini as Battista
Vera Bergman as Una collegiale
Franca Marzi as Susanne
Isa Barzizza as Matilde
Nerio Bernardi as Il ducca Filippo
Raymond Bussières as Deval
Ada Dondini as La direttrice dell'orfanatrofio
Luigi Almirante as Il boia di Parigi
Dina Romano as La domestica del boia
Galeazzo Benti as Giorgio
Mario Castellani as Il maggiordomo
Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Napoleon III

References[edit]

^ "New York Times: The Two Orphans". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2008.

External links[edit]

The Two Orphans at IMDb

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[NY_Times-1] "New York Times: The Two Orphans". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2008.

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