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How I Discovered America

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Directed by
  
Carlo Borghesio

Starring
  
Erminio Macario

Cinematography
  
Mario Albertelli

Director
  
Carlo Borghesio

Music director
  
Nino Rota

Cast
  
Erminio Macario

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Produced by
  
Luigi Rovere

Music by
  
Nino Rota

Initial release
  
1950

Screenplay
  
Carlo Borghesio

Producer
  
Luigi Rovere

Written by
  
Carlo Borghesio Leo Benvenuti Mario Amendola Mario Monicelli Steno

Similar
  
L'eroe della strada, How I Lost the War, Il monello della strada, Il fanciullo del West, Appointment for Murder

How I Discovered America (Italian: Come scopersi l'America) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Erminio Macario.

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Plot

Italy, late 1940s. A young unemployed guy and a wily tramp move to South America in search of fortune, but after several misadventures, they will eventually decide to return to Italy.

Cast

  • Erminio Macario as Cristoforo Colombo
  • Carlo Ninchi as Gaetano
  • Delia Scala as Lisa
  • Folco Lulli as Signorotto
  • Nino Pavese as Il capo compagnia
  • Nunzio Filogamo as The Priest
  • Dario Michaelis as Lisa's Fiancee
  • Alfredo Rizzo as A Nazist
  • Carlo Rizzo as A Nazist
  • Pina Gallini as La sudamericana

    • References

    How I Discovered America Wikipedia
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