The Four Monks Explained

The Four Monks
Editing:	Giuliana Attenni
Producer:	Gianni Buffardi
Runtime:	100 min
Country:	Italy
Language:	Italian

I 4 monaci (also I quattro monaci), internationally released as The Four Monks,^[1] is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.

Plot

A group of four petty criminals, hoping to collect some money as a donation, masquerade as refugees monks from Hungary, however, they end up in a convent where they experience fasting and penance.

Cast

• Peppino De Filippo as Fra' Crispino
• Aldo Fabrizi as Fra' Giocondo
• Erminio Macario as Fra' Martino
• Nino Taranto as Fra' Gaudenzio
• Umberto Spadaro as Ortolan
• Luciana Gilli as Daughter
• Roland Bartrop as The Prior
• Nino Terzo as Calogero
• Linda Sini as The pharmacist's wife
• Carlo Taranto as Mafioso Saruzzo Messina
• Franco Ressel as Baron Cimino
• Lidia Martora as Baroness Cimino
• Enzo Petito as Guardiano

Notes and References

1. Book: James Robert Parish. Kingsley Canham. Film directors guide--Western Europe. 1976. Scarecrow Press, 1976. 9780810809086. registration.