Meo Patacca
Sep 27 1972
•2h 4m
•Adventure, Comedy
Adapted from the mock-heroic poem in Roman dialect, tells the misadventures of the young trasteverino Bartolomeo Patacca that, because of the ambition of his woman, is having to train a group of beggars to go fight in defense of Christianity in Vienna, besieged by the Turks.
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Gigi Proietti
Meo Patacca
Enzo Cerusico
Marco Pepe
Marilù Tolo
Sora Nuccia
Mario Scaccia
Cardinale
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