The Gold of Naples 1954

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...

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Drama Comedy

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".

Release Date 1954-12-03
Runtime 2h 11m
Directors Vittorio De Sica, Carlo Montuori, Luisa Alessandri, Franco Montemurro
Producers Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti, Marcello Girosi
Writers Giuseppe Marotta, Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Giuseppe Marotta