I'll Give a Million (1935)

Original title

Darò un milione

Directed by

Mario Camerini

Genre

comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man fakes being poor to find someone who likes him for himself. He meets people who treat him badly until he finds one honest person.

lightheartedwhimsicalwryplayfulslightly cynicalbittersweetoptimistic

What happens

I'll Give a Million (Italian: Darò un milione) is a 1935 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the first screenplay by Cesare Zavattini which tells the story of a disillusioned millionaire who, tired of the attempts of greedy friends and relatives to sponge off of him, becomes a bum in order to find a decent human being. It had an American remake in 1938, again titled I'll Give a Million and starring Warner Baxter as the millionaire. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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