The Gold of Naples
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...
1954-12-03 | 131 minutes
Plot Summary
Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of six Napolitean episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) losing her husband's ring; the funeral of a dead child; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller".
Cast
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Silvana ManganoTeresa (segment "Teresa")
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Sophia LorenSofia (segment Pizza on Credit)
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Eduardo De FilippoDon Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")
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Paolo StoppaDon Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit)
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Erno CrisaDon Nicola (segment "Teresa")
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TotòDon Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
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Lianella CarellCarolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
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Giacomo FuriaRosario, Sofia's husband (segment Pizza on Credit)
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Tina PicaOld woman (segment "Il professore")
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Alberto FarneseAlfredo, Sofia's lover (segment Pizza on a Credit)
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Tecla ScaranoDon Peppino's friend (segment Pizza on a Credit)
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Pasquale CennamoDon Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo")
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Agostino SalviettiGennaro Esposito (segment "Il guappo")
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Vittorio De SicaIl conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
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