The Four Monks

1962 Italian film
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
100 minCountryItalyLanguageItalian

I 4 monaci (also I quattro monaci), internationally released as The Four Monks,[1] is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.

Plot

A group of four petty criminals, hoping to collect some money as a donation, masquerade as refugees monks from Hungary, however, they end up in a convent where they experience fasting and penance.

Cast

  • Peppino De Filippo as Fra' Crispino
  • Aldo Fabrizi as Fra' Giocondo
  • Erminio Macario as Fra' Martino
  • Nino Taranto as Fra' Gaudenzio
  • Umberto Spadaro as Ortolan
  • Luciana Gilli as Daughter
  • Roland Bartrop as The Prior
  • Nino Terzo as Calogero
  • Linda Sini as The pharmacist's wife
  • Carlo Taranto as Mafioso Saruzzo Messina
  • Franco Ressel as Baron Cimino
  • Lidia Martora as Baroness Cimino
  • Enzo Petito as Guardiano

References

  1. ^ James Robert Parish; Kingsley Canham (1976). Film directors guide--Western Europe. Scarecrow Press, 1976. ISBN 9780810809086.
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