TOTÒ CERCA CASA

Stefano Vanzina (Steno)

Mario Monicelli

Mario Monicelli (Viareggio, Lucca, Italy, 1915) debuted as a director in 1934 with the short Cuore rivelatore and directed his first feature film, Pioggia d’estate, in 1937 as Michele Badiek. He co-wrote and directed numerous films with Steno, including Totò Looks for an Apartment. In 1958, he won a Nastro d’argento for Best Screenplay for Persons Unknown and the following year shared the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for The Great War. He has made over sixty films and has worked with Italy’s most famous actors and actresses, like Sordi, Totò, Mastroianni, Gassman, Tognazzi, Volonté, Loren, Vitti and Magnani. 

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/
essential filmography
Cuore rivelatore (cm, 1934), Pioggia d’estate (1937), Totò cerca casa
(coregia/codirector Steno, 1949), Guardie e ladri (coregia/codirector
Steno, 1951), Totò e Carolina (1955), I soliti ignoti (1958), La grande guerra
(1959), Risate di gioia (1960), I compagni (1963), L’armata Brancaleone (1966), La ragazza con la pistola (1968), Brancaleone alle crociate (1970), Romanzo popolare (1974),Amici miei (1975), Un borghese piccolo  piccolo (1977), Il Marchese del Grillo (1981), I picari (1988), Parenti serpenti (1992), Panni sporchi (1999), Le rose
del deserto (2006), Vicino al Colosseo c’è Monti (cm, doc., 2008).