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Toto Tours Italy (Italian: Totò al giro d'Italia) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.[1] Location shooting took place around Italy including in Bologna and Milan. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.
Toto Tours Italy | |
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Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
Written by | Vittorio Metz Marcello Marchesi |
Produced by | Lorenzo Pegoraro |
Starring | Totò Isa Barzizza Giuditta Rissone Fulvia Franco |
Cinematography | Tino Santoni |
Edited by | Giuliana Attenni |
Music by | Nino Rota |
Production company | |
Distributed by | ENIC |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The film features cameos of famous cyclists and other sportsmen of the time: Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali, Fiorenzo Magni, Ferdi Kubler, Giordano Cottur, Gianni Ortelli, Oreste Conte, Adolfo Consolini, Louison Bobet, Briek Schotte, Amos Matteucci, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Ulisse Lorenzetti, Di Segni, Amadeo Deiana, Aldo Spoldi, Giuseppe Tosi, Camillo Achilli and Tazio Nuvolari.
Totò Casamandrei, a middle-aged high school professor, sells his soul to the Devil to win the Giro d'Italia and impress the young Doriana, a cycling fan.
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