Fermo con le mani (1937)

Original title

Fermo con le mani!

Directed by

Gero Zambuto

Genre

comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comedy film that served as the debut for the actor Totò. It features a series of humorous scenes, including a haircut attempt on a bald man and fishing from a fishmonger's counter.

lightheartedslapstickplayfulwhimsicalenergeticcomedicescapist

What happens

Hands Off Me! (Italian: Fermo con le mani) is a 1937 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Gero Zambuto. The film is notable for being the screen début of Totò. Its most famous scenes include one in which he tries to give a haircut to a bald man; another one where he fishes from the fishmonger's counter (this scene was repeated in Cops and Robbers and Toto in Paris) and also the scene in which he holds a broom, using it as a gun (shooting in "Figaro here, Figaro there"). The scene involving the conductor was also repeated in many subsequent films. It was shot at the Safa Palatino Studios in Rome. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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