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18/03/1959 Comedy 1h 43m
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Overview

Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de Rondò. For many years, Policarpo has been seeking a promotion and a raise that never comes, and, it seems, will never come. One day, Jerónimo, the son of Don César, meets Celeste, the daughter of Policarpo, and falls in love with her. Policarpo sees in that relationship the solution to his aspirations at work, and does everything in his power to make this relationship fruitful. Don César, who presumes to be a count, sees with very bad eyes that his son meets a girl from such a different social position, and does just the opposite. But the efforts made by both parties will be of no use, since Celeste has fallen in love with Mario Marquetti, a "specialized mechanic" (typist) who is giving private lessons in the offices of the businessman Franquinet .

  1. Mario Soldati

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Renato Rascel

    Policarpo De Tappetti

  2. Peppino De Filippo

    Cavalier Cesare Pancarano di Rondò

  3. Renato Salvatori

    Mario Marchetti

  4. Carla Gravina

    Celeste

  5. Romolo Valli

    Capo divisione Laurenzi

  6. Tony Soler

    Eufemia

  7. Luigi De Filippo

    Giorgio Pancarano

  8. Checco Durante

    padre di Mario

  9. Anita Durante

    madre di Mario

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-04-13
For many a year, calligrapher 'Policarpo' (Renato Rascel) has been seeking a very modest (9 lire per month) pay rise from his grandiose boss 'Don César' (Peppino De Filippo) who may be a count, or a lord, or a baron with connections to one of Italy's more presitgeous cheese-making areas. On the other hand, he may not! Anyway, when his daughter 'Celeste' (Carla Gravina) attracts the ardours of the boss's son 'Gege' (Luigi De Filippo - the real life son of Peppino) her father sees an opportunity to see she reciprocates and ensure he gets something more than a pay rise out of this situation. Mea...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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