Il cappotto (1952)

Comedy Drama Fantasy

The classic Nicolas Gogal fable The Overcoat is given a European flavor by Italian filmmaker Alberto Lattuada; some consider the film to be Lattuada's best "psychological study." Comedian Renato Rascel plays a nebbishy nobody who spends his life-savings on a fancy overcoat. Suddenly, the nobody becomes a somebody, proving beyond doubt that clothes make the man. And then one day, the overcoat is stolen...Fleshing out the short-but-bittersweet Gogol original are several colorful new characters, including a publicity-hungry small-town mayor, played by Giulio Stival. The background music was composed by director Lattuada's wife Felice. American prints of Il Cappato are missing a so-called "naughty" telephone exchange between the mayor and his silken mistress.

Updated May 23 2020

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1953-10-07

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Runtime: 101 mins Rating: 7.0

Cast

Claudio Ermelli

Il fotografo (uncredited)

Anna Carena

L'affittacamere

Renato Rascel

Carmine De Carmine

Luigi Bonos

(uncredited)

Yvonne Sanson

Caterina

Marco Tulli

(uncredited)

Vittorio Bonos

(uncredited)

Antonella Lualdi

Vittoria, la figlia del sindaco