Count Tacchia -Il conte Tacchia- | |
Country: | Italy |
Runtime: | 118 min 141 min (director's cut) |
Language: | Italian |
Il conte Tacchia, internationally released as Count Tacchia, is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci.[1]
The main character of the film is inspired by the real count Tacchia, Adriano Bennicelli.[2]
In 1910 in Rome, the poor carpenter Francesco, by a twist of fate, is recognized as a member of a noble family in the process of decay. Francesco knows the cynical and ruthless Prince Torquato Terenzi, disappointed by life and progress, and also falls in love with the beautiful Duchess Elisa.
When Prince Terenzi dies, Francesco realizes that he is not enriched by the inheritance, because the noble family is broke; so he enlists himself for the Italo-Turkish War in Libya, but quickly returns to Italy, disgusted by the atrocities of the fighting.
Francesco Puricelli / Count Tacchia
Prince Torquato Terenzi
Fernanda Toccacieli
Mastro Alvaro Puricelli
Marquis Lollo D'Alfieri
Ninetto
Duchess Elisa Savelli
Duke Saverio Savelli
Duchess Savelli
Tomegaux
Grandmother of Fernanda