Totò Tarzan is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel Tarzan of the Apes. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. As with Totò's other films of the era it was a commercial success, taking around 385 million lira at the box office.
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Plot
Antonio is a foundling who has lived for years in the Congo jungle along with the monkey Bongo. A troop of scouts finds him out. and he is brought back to civilization. Antonio learns, not without many difficulties and funny situations, the customs of other humans. He falls in love with Iva who understands he's suffering after being taken out from his habitual environment. Antonio discovers that he came from a noble family and has inherited a substantial sum of money. Cruel colleagues of Iva try to seize the money taking advantage of Antonio, but Iva tries to protect him and the two find themselves in trouble.
Cast
Totò as Antonio Della Buffas
Marilyn Buferd as Iva
Bianca Maria Fusari as La maestra
Alba Arnova as Sonia
Adriana Serra as Marta
Luisa Poselli as Giacoma, la moglie dei procuratore generale
Galeazzo Benti as L'esercitatore dei superparacadutisti
Vira Silenti as Dora
Tino Buazzelli as Spartaco
Mario Castellani as Stanis
Enrico Luzi as Lawyer Finotti
Vinicio Sofia as Baron Rosen
Luigi Pavese as Roy
Guglielmo Barnabò as Colonel
Nico Pepe as Lawyer Micozzi
Carlo Croccolo as Lo sposino
Alberto Sorrentino as Anselmo
Giacomo Furia as Chef
Aldo Giuffrè as Paratrooper
Riccardo Billi as Il capostazione siciliano
Nino Vingelli as Il capostazione napoletano
Guglielmo Inglese as Il capostazione pugliese
Ughetto Bertucci as Il capostazione romano
Mario Siletti as Butler
Sophia Loren as Tarzanide