Romulus and the Sabines (1945)
- Original title
- Il ratto delle Sabine
- Directed by
- Mario Bonnard
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 23 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A comedic film based on a German play. It follows characters in a story inspired by the legendary abduction of the Sabine women. Totò stars in one of his postwar comedies with neorealist touches.
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What happens
Romulus and the Sabines (Italian: Il ratto delle sabine) is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Totò, Carlo Campanini, and Clelia Matania. It was one of several of Totò's postwar comedies to use elements of neorealism. The film is based on the German comedy Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1884) by Franz von Schönthan and Paul von Schönthan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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