Totò sceicco (1950)

Directed by

Mario Mattoli

Genre

comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Italian man impersonates a sheik for comedic reasons. He gets caught up in silly situations involving desert adventures and mistaken identity. The film is a parody of older desert romance movies.

slapstickgoofylivelysillylightheartedparodicplayful

What happens

Toto the Sheik (Italian: Totò sceicco) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. It is a parody of desert films such as The Son of the Sheik and Siren of Atlantis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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