Acting
Tognazzi and Vianello's perfectly timed buffoonery
Direction
Steno's kinetic framing of pure continental slapstick

Director
Steno
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is pure commedia all'italiana, a postwar genre where working-class chaos upends bourgeois respectability.
Tognazzi and Vianello were a beloved TV comedy duo; this film capitalized on their established chemistry.