The Emperor of Capri (1949)

Name: The Emperor of Capri
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1949-12-16
Duration: 82 min
Cast: Totò, Gianni Appelius, Galeazzo Benti, Nerio Bernardi, Mario Castellani

Beautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri, and Antonio goes there behind the backs of his wife and mother-in-law. A lucky series of circumstances actually does transform him into the prince of the island.

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Released 1949-12-16 · 82 min · Comedy

Directed by Luigi Comencini

Cast

Totò as Antonio De Fazio
Gianni Appelius as Bubi di Primaporta
Galeazzo Benti as Dodo della Baggina
Nerio Bernardi as Osvaldo
Mario Castellani as Asdrubale Stinchi
Pina Gallini as La suocera
Aldo Giuffrè as Omar Bey Kahn di Agapur
Laura Gore as Lucia
Alda Mangini as Emanuela
Nino Marchetti as Geremia
Marisa Merlini as La baronesa von Krapfen
Yvonne Sanson as Sonia Bulgarov
Pietro Tordi as Il marito di Emanuela
Toni Ucci as Pupetto Turacciolo
Ugo Mari as Cliente che si becca la Torta in Faccia (uncredited)