A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Pasquale Cennamo
- Don Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo")
- (as Pasquale Gennano)
Lars Borgström
- Federico - the Doorkeeper (segment "I giocatori")
- (as L. Borgoström)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMany cast and crew members, starting from Director Vittorio De Sica, stated that filming of this movie was a particularly good time for them all.
- Quotes
Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo"): "My condolences, Don Carmine, my condolences. Come have dinner at our place." That's what you told him. "Tonight you shouldn't be alone. Honor us." And it's been 10 years he's honoring us, this scum bag.
- Alternate versionsThe segment on the funeral of a dead child was deleted from all release versions, and the short segment on the Professor only appeared in the original Italian version. For the remaining four episodes, the time was 107 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Le ciné-club de Radio-Canada: Film présenté: L'or de Naples (1959)
Featured review
Viva Vittorio!
A masterwork about Naples directed by a Neapolitan that really has it all. As with all 'portmanteau' films there are segments that 'appeal' more than others although here all of them have merit. The 'wow' factor obviously belongs to 'Pizza on Credit' in which a lusty, unfaithful wife pretends to have mislaid her wedding ring in the pizza dough. No director brought out the raw, earthy sensuality of Sophia Loren as well as de Sica who apparently choreographed her every move, gesture and inflection. Bringing them together proved a masterstroke by Carlo Ponti and as we know the de Sica/Loren partnership reaped rich rewards.
The segment called 'The Gambler' featuring de Sica himself as an impoverished nobleman is masterful. Just how many hopefuls he auditioned before casting Piero Bilancioni as the servant's son who keeps beating him at cards is anyone's guess but the boy is stupendous and one wonders what became of him.
Personally the story that stays with me most features Silvana Mangano as Teresa, a former prostitute who is faced with a tough choice between being the mistress of a large house and denied a husband's love or going back to her old 'profession'. The scene where she wavers and goes from tearfulness to defiant resolution is La Mangano at her most magnificent and is certainly one of the finest moments in Italian cinema.
Music is by Alessandro Cicognigni, a regular de Sica collaborator and Carlo Montuori, who went on to film 'Bicycle Thieves', is behind the camera. The story by Giuseppe Marotta is adapted by the ubiquitous Cesare Zavattini who also had a hand in the screenplay.
De Sica himself once said that 'Neapolitans, like children, always look good on camera' but in this he was being unduly modest.
A truly magical film of which one can never tire.
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- brogmiller
- Jan 26, 2020
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Napuljsko zlato
- Filming locations
- Salita Cinesi, Rione Sanità, Naples, Campania, Italy(The switchback ramp featured in the vignette Il Guappo.)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $5,046
- Runtime2 hours 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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