Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito
When swindler La Spada and his accomplice José are released from jail in Madrid, they decide to pull a really great swindle: nothing less than to discover and sell a third picture of Goya's "Maya in Camison" (Maya in a nightgown). They engage the renowned Scorcelletti who lives in Rome and can forge any artwork. Afterwards, with help from the beautiful Eva, they convince celebrated art critic Francisco Montiel of the existence of a third Maya and let him find the picture. When the swindlers are at the point of selling the fake to an American millionaire, Scorcelli returns from Rome to sell one of his six other maya pictures.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Released
- 1959
- Country
- Italy, France, Spain
Details
Release year: 1959
Storyline
When swindler La Spada and his accomplice José are released from jail in Madrid, they decide to pull a really great swindle: nothing less than to discover and sell a third picture of Goya's "Maya in Camison" (Maya in a nightgown). They engage the renowned Scorcelletti who lives in Rome and can forge any artwork. Afterwards, with help from the beautiful Eva, they convince celebrated art critic Francisco Montiel of the existence of a third Maya and let him find the picture. When the swindlers are at the point of selling the fake to an American millionaire, Scorcelli returns from Rome to sell one of his six other maya pictures.
Top credits
Totò — Totò Scorcelletti
Abbe Lane — Eva- Mario Carotenuto — Raoul La Spada
Louis de Funès — Prof. Francisco Montiel
Did you know
• Louis de Funès said all his lines in French. He was later dubbed in Italian by different actor. In the French version he dubbed himself.
• Italian censorship visa # 28557 delivered on 27-1-1959.
User reviews
The case of the multiplying majas
Toto & De Funes together
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
