Il sergente Rompiglioni (1973)
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Cast
Franco Franchi, Mario Carotenuto, Nino Terzo, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Pino Ferrara, Enzo Andronico, Corinne Cléry, Gino Pagnani, Dante Cleri, Adriana Facchetti
An opera-loving sergeant is put in charge of a visiting musical group, with comic results.
The story
Sergeant Francesco Garibaldi “Rompiglioni” is a man of unwavering integrity who loves classical music and opera, and his outlook brings comic results in his regiment. Secretly in love with Anna, Colonel Guglielmo’s housekeeper, he is given a new assignment when the Alisei musical group arrives in Rome. The colonel’s daughter wants the musicians to succeed with a performance in the barracks, so the colonel puts them in Rompiglioni’s care, knowing his passion for music. Instead, Rompiglioni drives the group away.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
A satire of military life in the barracks. Sergeant Francesco Garibaldi “Rompiglioni” is a man of unwavering integrity: he is utterly upright, yet loves classical music and opera. He applies this outlook to his regiment as well, with comic results. He is secretly in love with Anna, the housekeeper of Colonel Guglielmo. When the Alisei musical group arrives in Rome, the colonel’s daughter wants them to succeed with a performance in the barracks. Knowing of Rompiglioni’s passion for music, the colonel puts the group in his care, but Rompiglioni drives them away. The musicians then try to win him over with a fake letter about his debut at the Castrocaro Festival. Rompiglioni is taken in at first, but when he discovers the deception, he takes revenge by having Verdi’s “Nabucco” performed in the barracks in a completely original way.
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