Fear and Sand

Fear and Sand
Film poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Produced by	Metropa Film
Written by	Steno Marcello Marchesi
Starring	Totò Isa Barzizza
Music by	Pippo Barzizza
Cinematography	Vincenzo Seratrice
Edited by	Giuliana Attenni
Distributed by	Titanus Film
Release dates	1948 (1948)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Fear and Sand (Italian: Fifa e arenacode: it is deprecated ) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. The title makes reference to the 1941 Hollywood film Blood and Sand and its 1908 source novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

Plot

Nicolino is a kitchen boy who works in a small pharmacy in the country, run by a woman unbearably rude. So Nicolino really wants to leave his job, when he discovers that you are looking for a murderess with the same face to his. Nicolino so disguises himself as a woman and flees with the first plane is: leave for Sevilla. In Spain Nicolino is always found involved in misunderstandings and terrible mess because it is always considered a murderess until he runs into some people who mistake him for a famous bullfighter ready for his next battle against the bull to be held in bullfight in a few rounds. Nicolino in spite of being trained and prepared for the race and also falls in love with the beautiful Patricia, who encourages him to fight. Nicolino is wittily nicknamed "Nicolete" and is faced with the bull but it breaks down. In the hospital Nicolete prove their identity and will marry Patricia.

Cast

• Totò as Nicolino Capece
• Isa Barzizza as Patricia Cotten
• Mario Castellani as Cast
• Franca Marzi as Carmen
• Giulio Marchetti as Paquito
• Cesare Polacco as Banderillero
• Vinicio Sofia as Paquito's manager
• Ada Dondini as Mrs. Adele
• Luigi Pavese as Doctor
• Galeazzo Benti as George
• Raimondo Vianello as Maître
• Alda Mangini as Lady on train
• Ughetto Bertucci as Chauffeur
• Enzo Turco as Shoeshiner's customer

Bibliography

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.

External links

• Fifa e arena at IMDb