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Poverty and Nobility (1954)

Poverty and Nobility poster
Original title
Miseria e nobiltà
Directed by
Mario Mattoli
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 298 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of poor Neapolitans pretend to be aristocrats in order to help a young couple marry. The plan leads to a series of absurd mix-ups and mistaken identities.

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What happens

Poverty and Nobility (Italian: Miseria e nobiltà) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli starring Sophia Loren and Totò. The story is taken from the Eduardo Scarpetta's play of the same name. It is considered a masterpiece of Italian popular cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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