

73 minutes
11/21/1945
Ernesto is the teacher of the village, he is married and he is dominated by his wife. He has the passion of the theatre and he has written a drama in verse named "Il ratto delle Sabine". Unfortunately he has only an admirer and she is their servant Rosina. When the touring company of Prof. Tromboni arrives in the village, Ernesto decides to let them perform his play, though anonymously. So the day arrives and the theatre is sadly empty. But when the news that the author is the teacher spreads far and wide...

Totò
as Aristide Tromboni

Carlo Campanini
as Maestro Ernesto Molmenti

Clelia Matania
as Rosina

Laura Gore
as Paolina
Luisa Alliani
as Ermenegilda

Olga Solbelli
as Matilde
Lia Corelli
as Mariannina
Fosca Spadaro
as Figlia di Tancredi

Aldo Silvani
as Tancredi

Mario Pisu
as Alberto Randoni

Giuseppe Rinaldi
as Emilio

Claudio Ermelli
as Germani

Mario Castellani
as Il proprietario del teatro
Peppino Spadaro
as Turiddu
Aristide Garbini
as Bartolomeo
Ciro Berardi
as Il brigadiere dei carabinieri
Italo Pirani
as Il direttore della scuola
Erminio Spalla
as Giovanni