Riccardo Billi

Rome, Year of our Lord 1809. The Pope Pius VII with his cardinals and ministers manages both temporal and spiritual power of the Papal States in Italy. The Marquis Onofrio del Grillo is one of his favorites, but even the worst of all the nobility. He's a good-natured, clever and women-loving man who is always inventing stories and cracking all types of jokes.

A jobless Ugo Cremonesi leaves the world of the vaudeville momentarily and takes refuge in Villa Serena, a shelter for old artists.

In Mario Costa’s 1957 comedy, Alberto Sordi and Nino Taranto play two scheming relatives who go to absurd lengths to claim an inheritance from a wealthy American uncle. Their dreams of riches lead to comic twists and revealing truths. A lively farce about greed and delusion, the film captures the spirit of Italy's postwar boom and features Sordi in one of his early standout roles.