Truffaldino from Bergamo (1977)

Original title

Труффальдино из Бергамо

Directed by

Vladimir Vorobyov

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 08m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A quick-witted servant named Truffaldino tries to serve two masters at once in Venice. He gets tangled in a romantic comedy involving two lovers on the run.

playfullightheartedenergeticcomictheatricalromanticupbeatwhimsical

What happens

Truffaldino from Bergamo (Russian: Труффальдино из Бергамо, romanized: Truffaldino iz Bergamo) is a 1976 Soviet two-part television romantic comedy musical film directed by Vladimir Vorobyov, based on the play Servant of Two Masters by Italian writer Carlo Goldoni and featuring music by Alexander Kolker. The film follows a commedia dell'arte format around the quick-witted Harlequin Truffaldino as he is caught up in a love story between two Turinese fugitives in Venice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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