The Passaguai Family Gets Rich (Italian: La Famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi and starring Fabrizi, Erminio Macario, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli. It is the sequel to the hit 1951 film The Passaguai Family.Gundle p.146
It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and reunited many of the cast and crew from the previous film. It earned around 192 million lira at the domestic box office.Chiti & Poppi p.1949
Synopsis At the end of the previous film the family patriarch Giuseppe lost his job. Now after a chance meeting with an old comrade he goes into business with him, each pretending to the other that they are a millionaire.
Cast Aldo Fabrizi as Giuseppe "Beppe" Passaguai Erminio Macario as Giocondo Diotallevi Ave Ninchi as Margherita, Giuseppe's wife Luigi Pavese as the landlord Virgilio Riento as Cosimo Pelacoccie Marisa Merlini as the countess Giovanna Ralli as Marcella, Giuseppe's daughter Carlo Delle Piane as "Pecorino", Giuseppe's son Giancarlo Zarfati as "Gnappetta", Giuseppe's son Carlo Rizzo as Salomone Nino Pavese as The Buyer with a Beard and Glasses Alfredo Rizzo as The Journalist Onofrio Pietro De Vico as Un autista Lia Reiner as Vera Tommaso Pallotta as Nando Lia Grani as The Maid at Gardini's
References
Bibliography Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991. Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.
External links
The Passaguai Family Gets Rich at Variety Distribution