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Totò al giro d'Italia (1948)

Totò al giro d'Italia poster
Directed by
Mario Mattoli
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 71 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling Italian man gets caught up in the Giro d'Italia bicycle race. He causes comic mayhem while encountering real-life cycling champions from the era.

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What happens

Toto Tours Italy (Italian: Totò al giro d'Italia) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Location shooting took place around Italy including in Bologna and Milan. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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