The Gold of Naples (1954) on Netflix
Naples holds six stories. A pizza seller loses her wedding ring, a count forces his doorman's young child to play cards with him, and a prostitute faces an unusual wedding.
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- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb7.3/102,384 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes71%
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Plot summary
A tribute to Naples, the film gathers six stories set in the city. A clown is exploited by a hoodlum. Sofia, a pizza seller, loses her wedding ring; Rosario is her husband, Alfredo her lover, and Don Peppino a widower in that story. Another story follows the funeral of a child. Count Prospero B., an impoverished and inveterate gambler, has his doorman's preteen child sit down to cards with him. Teresa is a prostitute, and her wedding is unusual. Don Ersilio Miccio, known as a professor, is a wisdom seller who solves problems, and an elderly lady is part of his story.
Cast
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- Pasquale Tartaroas Cafiero (segment Pizza on Credit)
- Teresa De Vitaas La madre (segment "Funeralino")
- Pierino Bilancionias Il piccolo Gennarino (segment "I giocatori")
- Lars Borgströmas Federico - the Doorkeeper (segment "I giocatori")
- Ubaldo Maestrias Don Ubaldo (segment "Teresa")
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Gold of Naples (1954)
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- De Sica's film was released in Italy with six segments, but the American version dropped two of them — "Funeralino" and "Il professore" — leaving only "The Racketeer", "Pizza on Credit", "The Gambler" and "Theresa".
- In 2008, Italy's Ministry of Cultural Heritage included The Gold of Naples on its list of 100 Italian films to be saved, a selection of films said to have changed the country's collective memory between 1942 and 1978.
