Totò Tarzan (1950)

Original title

Tototarzan

Directed by

Mario Mattoli

Genre

comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

10

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an Italian comedy that parodies the Tarzan story. The main character gets into a series of ridiculous situations.

sillylightheartedslapstickplayfulgoofycampynostalgic

What happens

Totò Tarzan is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel Tarzan of the Apes. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. As with Totò's other films of the era it was a commercial success, taking around 385 million lira at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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