In 19th-century France, middle-aged orphans Gasparre and Battista, watchmen at an orphanage, find out from a soothsayer that one of them is the offspring of the Hangman of Paris and the other is the son of a count. But it is only a dream of theirs.
Cast
Totò
Gasparre
Carlo Campanini
Battista
Isa Barzizza
Matilde
Nerio Bernardi
Il duca Filippo
Raymond Bussières
Signor Deval
Franca Marzi
Susanne de la Pleine
Ada Dondini
La direttrice dell'orfanotrofio
Guglielmo Barnabò
Il giudice
Annette Poivre
Madame Therese
Luigi Almirante
Il boia di Parigi
Galeazzo Benti
Giorgio
Mario Castellani
Maggiordomo (uncredited)
Raimondo Vianello
Un ufficiale (uncredited)
Nico Pepe
Abate Faria (uncredited)
Crew
Mario Mattoli
Director
Steno
Screenplay, Story
Jean Jacques Rastier
Screenplay, Story
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay, Story
Fernando Tropea
Editor
Tino Santoni
Director of Photography
Jan Stallich
Director of Photography
Armando Grottini
Second Assistant Director
Gastone Medin
Production Design
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Eldo Di Lazzaro
Original Music Composer
Livio Pavanelli
Production Manager
Pippo Barzizza
Conductor
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