A stingy baron The film is based on the eponymous comedy of the Italian actor of theater and cinema, playwright, screenwriter and novelist Ettore Petrolini, who in the early twentieth century became famous for his performances in variety and revue. His stage hero Gastonet became a household character for defining a snob.
Snob can be called the main character of this story - extremely stingy Baron Antonio Peletti. There are rumors that the Baron has a chest of gold bequeathed by his father to the city and grandson. But Signor Peletti assures us that there is and has never been a chest. The son of the Baron wants to marry, but has no money to do so. Residents of the city would like to build a school with the money of the baron. But how do you know where a miser hides jewelry? And then a surreal plan appears: to water the baron with sleeping pills under the guise of poison and find out the secret allegedly from the deathbed. And if this does not help - with the help of visiting actors to send the elder Petrolini to improvised Hell.
In this black comedy, Toto’s great comedic talent was revealed in all its glory. At the same time, the comedy of positions is generously diluted with subtle jokes and sharp phrases.
The film is also remarkable for the first appearance on the screen of Gigi Raeder, known as Filini - the eternal companion of Fantozzi. As for the mysterious number 47, in the Neapolitan book of dreams SMORFIA NAPOLETANA it refers to the deceased. And the next 48 is a dead man talking.
7 out of 10