Totò Diabolicus

Totò Diabolicus
Directed bySteno
Written byVittorio Metz
Roberto Gianviti
Marcello Fondato
Steno
Giovanni Grimaldi
Bruno Corbucci
StarringTotò
CinematographyEnzo Barboni
Music byPiero Piccioni
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
92 min
LanguageItalian

Totò Diabolicus is a 1962 Italian black comedy film directed by Steno, in which Totò plays six different characters.[1] It is a parody of the giallo genre, as well as of the noir comic book series Diabolik, which debuted the same year.[2]

Plot

Baron Torrealta is murdered by a mysterious assassin known as "Diabolicus". Due to the sizable inheritance, the police suspects the baron's heirs. The mystery deepens, however, as the suspects become targets themselves.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Orio Caldiron. Totò. Gremese Editore, 2001.
  2. ^ Fabio Rossi. La lingua in gioco. Bulzoni, 2002.