Totò Diabolicus

Totò Diabolicus
Totò Diabolicus
Directed by	Steno
Written by	Vittorio Metz ; Roberto Gianviti ; Marcello Fondato ; Steno ; Giovanni Grimaldi ; Bruno Corbucci
Starring	Totò
Cinematography	Enzo Barboni
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	1962;
Running time	92 min
Language	Italian

Totò Diabolicus is a 1962 Italian black comedy film directed by Steno. The film consists in a parody of Italian noir comic books (such as Diabolik, Kriminal and Satanik) and giallo,^[1] and in it Totò plays six different characters.^[2]

In the film, the supervillain Diabolicus murders a baron. The police suspects the baron's heirs, but the murder suspects are killed one by one by the villain.

Plot

Baron Torrealta is mysteriously killed by a mysterious murderer, dressed in black, who call himself "Diabolicus". The police suspects that one of his relatives is guilty of murder because of the enormous legacy, but every time they are going to incarcerate someone, this one gets killed by Diabolicus.

Cast

Totò: Galeazzo di Torrealta/Carlo di Torrealta/Scipione di Torrealta/Monsignor Antonino di Torrealta/Laudomia di Torrealta/Pasquale Bonocore
Raimondo Vianello: Michele aka Lallo
Béatrice Altariba: Diana
Nadine Sanders: donna Fiore di Torrealta
Luigi Pavese: police commissioner
Mario Castellani: inspector Scalarini
Peppino De Martino: Cocozza
Steno: Angelo, the gardener
Franco Giacobini: Dr. Pandoro
Pietro De Vico: patient

References

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

External links

Totò Diabolicus at IMDb

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[1] Fabio Rossi. La lingua in gioco. Bulzoni, 2002.

[2] Orio Caldiron. Totò. Gremese Editore, 2001.

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