In 19th-century France, middle-aged orphans Gasparre and Battista, watchmen at an orphanage, find out from a soothsayer that one of them is the offspring of the Hangman of Paris and the other is the son of a count. But it is only a dream of theirs.
Directed by Mario Mattoli
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Cast
Totò
Gasparre
Carlo Campanini
Battista
Isa Barzizza
Matilde
Nerio Bernardi
Il duca Filippo
Raymond Bussières
Signor Deval
Franca Marzi
Susanne de la Pleine
Ada Dondini
La direttrice dell'orfanotrofio
Guglielmo Barnabò
Il giudice
Annette Poivre
Madame Therese
Luigi Almirante
Il boia di Parigi
Galeazzo Benti
Giorgio
Mario Castellani
Maggiordomo (uncredited)
Raimondo Vianello
Un ufficiale (uncredited)
Nico Pepe
Abate Faria (uncredited)
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