Movie Comedy
Italian comedy in two episodes starring a house painter who emigrated to Switzerland who pretends to be a millionaire and an employee on holiday in Kenya, the victim of catastrophic misadventures.
Italy Italy
Paolo Villaggio Lino Banfi Milly Carlucci Pippo Santonastaso Jacques Herlin Marina Confalone Antonio Allocca Roberto Della Casa Stefano Antonucci Milly Corinaldi Ennio Antonelli J. Emmanuele Gartmann Silvano Spadaccino Angelo Boscariol Dino Cassio Luciano Foti Alfonso Giganti Osiride Pevarello Antonio Spinnato Luciano Zanussi
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