Meo Patacca

Meo Patacca

1972 · 124 min · ★ 6.2 · Adventure, Comedy

Adapted from the mock-heroic poem in Roman dialect, tells the misadventures of the young trasteverino Bartolomeo Patacca that, because of the ambition of his woman, is having to train a group of beggars to go fight in defense of Christianity in Vienna, besieged by the Turks.

Directed by Marcello Ciorciolini · Written by Enzo Cerusico

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