The Monk of Monza () is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It parodies the story of the Nun of Monza, as depicted in 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
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