The Monk of Monza

The Monk of Monza (Il monaco di Monza) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It parodies the story of the Nun of Monza, as depicted in the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.

Plot
Monza, 1630, a period of Spanish rule. Pasquale Cicciacalda, a humble shoemaker native of Casoria, widower of the midwife Provvidenza, can not maintain their 12 children (6 pairs of twins) and therefore devises a cunning ploy. Disguised himself and his children as monks,  vague with them pretending to be poor monks, asking food  and charity.

Cast

 * Totò as Friar Pasquale da Casoria (Pasquale Cicciacalda)
 * Erminio Macario as Friar Mamozio
 * Nino Taranto as Don Egidio, Marquis de Lattanziis
 * Lisa Gastoni as Fiorenza, Marquise del Giglio
 * Moira Orfei as Sister Virginia
 * Giacomo Furia as Cecco
 * Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Smilzo
 * Adriano Celentano as Adriano
 * Don Backy as the false friar
 * Dany París as Fiorenza's waitress
 * Mario Castellani as the nobleman with two right shoes
 * Carlo Delle Piane as the innkeeper
 * Franco Ressel as the official