Toto in Madrid

Toto in Madrid
Toto in Madrid
Directed by	Steno
Written by	Vittorio Metz; Roberto Gianviti;
Produced by	Cormoran Films
Starring	Totò; Louis de Funès;
Cinematography	Manuel Berenguer; Alvaro Mancori;
Edited by	Giuliana Attenni
Music by	Gorni Kramer
Release date	6 February 1959 (France);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Toto in Madrid (Italian: Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito) is an Italian comedy film from 1959, directed by Steno, written by Vittorio Metz, starring Totò and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "Toto in Madrid" (English title), "Totò a Madrid", "Un coup fumant" (France), "La culpa fue de Eva" (Spain).

Plot

The penniless painter Toto is commissioned by unknown Spanish fraudsters to mirror the famous masterpiece Maja Desnuda by Francisco Goya, with some details. In fact, these thieves have agreed with a rich billionaire who plans to buy the original masterpiece. When Toto discovers that all that was nothing more than a scam, it's too late...

Cast

Totò: Toto Scorcelletti
Louis de Funès: Professor Francisco Montiel
Abbe Lane: Eva
Mario Carotenuto: Raoul La Spada
Giacomo Furia: Tobia
Luna Pilar Gomez Ferrer: Gloria Harrison
Ricardo Valle: Pablo Segura, the torero
Enzo Garinei: the lover
Guido Martufi: Oriundo
Anna-Maria Marchi: Caterina
Anna Maestri: Mrs. Treno
Gianni Partanna : notary
Anna-Maria Di Giulio: Don Alonzo's wife
Silvia de Vietri: the chambermaid
Luigi Pavese: the policeman
José Guardiola: José
Francesco Mulé: Don Alonzo

References

External links

Toto in Madrid at IMDb
Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959) at the Films de France

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