Totò Diabolicus
Totò Diabolicus is a 1962 Italian black comedy film directed by Steno, in which Totò plays six different characters.[1] It is a parody of the giallo genre, as well as of the noir comic book series Diabolik, which debuted the same year.[2]
Plot
Baron Torrealta is murdered by a mysterious assassin known as "Diabolicus". Due to the sizable inheritance, the police suspects the baron's heirs. The mystery deepens, however, as the suspects become targets themselves.
Cast
- Totò: Galeazzo di Torrealta/Carlo di Torrealta/Scipione di Torrealta/Monsignor Antonino di Torrealta/Laudomia di Torrealta/Pasquale Bonocore
- Raimondo Vianello: Michele aka Lallo
- Béatrice Altariba: Diana
- Nadine Sanders: donna Fiore di Torrealta
- Luigi Pavese: police commissioner
- Mario Castellani: inspector Scalarini
- Peppino De Martino: Cocozza
- Steno: Angelo, the gardener
- Franco Giacobini: Dr. Pandoro
- Pietro De Vico: patient
References
External links
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Categories:
- 1962 films
- 1962 black comedy films
- 1960s crime comedy films
- 1960s parody films
- Films directed by Steno (director)
- Italian black comedy films
- Italian parody films
- Italian crime comedy films
- Films with screenplays by Giovanni Grimaldi
- 1962 Italian-language films
- 1962 Italian films
- Films based on Italian comics
- Giallo films
- Films about nobility
- Films scored by Piero Piccioni
- Diabolik
- Italian-language black comedy films