Summaries

In the Sicily of the late 1940s, two brother sculptors, tired of selling madonnas to the local churches, finally realize their dream, and set up a Sicilian production company, thanks to the help of a local bishop. They start producing one box-office failure Z-movie after the other, all with terribly bad local non-pros as actors. Covered in debts, they finally have their great chance, when a local nobleman obsessed by magic decides to invest all his wealth in the making of a movie about Cagliostro, just one year after Orson Welles' Black Magic (1949). They hire a famous American actor (Robert Englund) and start shooting "The Return of Cagliostro".—satanetto

Details

Keywords
  • breaking the fourth wall
  • sicily
  • cardinal the priest
  • grotesque
  • film casting
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Sep 4, 2003
Countries of origin Italy
Language English German Italian Sicilian
Production companies Rai Cinema Istituto Luce Cinico Cinema

Box office

Gross worldwide $225681

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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