''The Knight Has Arrived!'' (Italian: ''È arrivato il cavaliere!'') is a 1950 Italian

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directed by

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and Steno and starring

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, Silvana Pampanini and Nyta Dover. The film's sets were designed by the

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Flavio Mogherini. It earned around 254 million

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at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.135 It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the

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in 2010.

Synopsis

The eccentric leader of a group of small-time Hawkers known as "The Knight" tries to prevent the area they use from being redeveloped as part of a new business and Metro station complex. Employing a number of surreal schemes, he is eventually successful.

Cast

as Il Cavaliere * Silvana Pampanini as Carla Colombo *

Enrico Viarisio Enrico Viarisio (3 December 1897 – 1 November 1967) was an Italian theatre and cinema actor. Biography Equipped of a fine and elegant humour, Viarisio was discovered by actress Paola Pezzaglia, who cast him at 19 as "brillante" in her own the ...

as Il Ministro *

Enzo Biliotti Enzo Biliotti (28 June 1887 – 19 November 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1916 and 1958. Life and career Born in Livorno, Biliotti started his career in 1918, in the stage company of and Olga Vittoria Gentil ...

as Il Commissario * Nyta Dover as Musette * Rocco D'Assunta as Capo dei Banditi *

Galeazzo Benti Galeazzo Benti (6 August 1923 – 21 April 1993) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1942 and 1991. Life and career Born Galeazzo Bentivoglio in Florence, Italy, a descendant of the Bentivoglio family, which ru ...

as Marchese Bevilacqua * Marcella Rovena as Signora Varelli * Alda Mangini as Moglie del Ministro * Federico Collino as Commendatore Varelli * Giovanna Galletti as Signora Colombo * Carlo Mazzarella as L'Assessore *

Arturo Bragaglia Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961. Selected filmography References External links * 1893 births 1962 deaths Italian male f ...

as Buchs *

Ettore Jannetti Ettore is a given name, the Italian version of Hector (given name), Hector. People *Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi (1867–1942), Italian naturalist *Ettore Bassi (born 1970), Italian actor and television presenter *Ettore Bastianini (1922–1967), Ita ...

as Signor Colombo

References

Bibliography

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

* 1950 films Films scored by Nino Rota 1950s Italian-language films 1950 comedy films Films directed by Mario Monicelli Films directed by Stefano Vanzina Italian comedy films Italian black-and-white films Minerva Film films 1950s Italian films Italian-language comedy films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub