Uno strano tipo
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- Vittorio Metz
- Lucio Fulci[1]
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
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| Story by | Vittorio Metz[1] |
| Starring | Adriano Celentano |
| Cinematography | Guglielmo Mancori[1] |
| Edited by | Ornella Micheli[2] |
Production company | Giovanni Addessi Produzione Cinematografica S.p.A. |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy |
| Box office | ITA 87 million |
Una strano tipo (lit. 'A Strange Type') is a 1963 Italian musicarello directed by Lucio Fulci. The film stars musician Adriano Celentano as himself. Celentano arrives in a small town on vacation when he finds that everyone in town hates him. He soon finds out a local troublemaker named Peppino is a lookalike and has been claiming to be the famous singer.[1]
The film was the third of Fulci's musical films and feature Celentano. It grossed a total of 87 million Italian lire on its domestic release in Italy.
- Adriano Celentano as himself and Peppino
- Claudia Mori as Carmelina
- Donatella Turi as Manuela Mazzolani
- Luigi Pavese as Mazzolani
- Carlo Campanini as a monk
- Giacomo Furia as a hotel manager
Production
Uno strano tipo was an Italian production from Giovanni Addessi Produzione Cinematografica S.p.A..[1] The film was shot in Amalfi.[3] Like Fulci's earlier films Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959) and Urlatori alla sbarra (1960), Uno strano tipo was a musicarello.[4] The musicarello was a short-lived cycle of musical films produced primarily between 1958 and 1971, which were primarily targeted to audiences in their late teens and early 20s. [5]
Adriano Celentano performs in the film, as he had for Fulci's previous films Ragazzi del Juke-Box and Urlatori alla sbarra.[6] Celentano performs as himself and a buffonnish double in the film.[7] On set, Celentano met Claudia Mori and were married the next year.[7]