''Il volpone'' is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed in by Maurizio Ponzi, inspired by

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's comedy with the same name. The film stars Enrico Montesano, Enrico Maria Salerno and Paolo Villaggio.

Plot

Set in the

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n Riviera during the 1980s, it features Paolo Villaggio as Ugo Maria Volpone, a rich but apparently ill ship company owner. He is surrounded by a series of relatives and friends (played by Enrico Maria Salerno, Renzo Montagnani, Alessandro Haber) who blandish him in order to inherit his estate. The shrewd Volpone, in return, organizes a hoax against them to betray their greed. In the movie, he is joined by a new waiter, Bartolomeo Mosca ( Enrico Montesano), who quickly shows himself to be as cunning as Volpone in arranging humiliations.

Cast

* Enrico Montesano: Bartolomeo Mosca * Enrico Maria Salerno: Ciro Corvino * Renzo Montagnani: Raffaele Voltore * Athina Cenci: Marta Corbaccio * Alessandro Haber: Ernesto Corbaccio *

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: Eliana Voltore * Eleonora Giorgi: Francesca Corvino * Paolo Villaggio: Ugo Maria Volpone * Maurizio Donadoni: Aldo Marignano * Sabrina Ferilli: Rosalba Marignano

References

External links

* Italian comedy films 1988 comedy films Films directed by Maurizio Ponzi 1988 films Works based on Volpone 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-comedy-film-stub