The Miser () is a 1990 Italian comedy film directed by Tonino Cervi. It is a loose adaptation of Molière's comedy The Miser.

Plot

The rich and miserly Don Arpagone lives his days following precise patterns and commanding his servants and sons. He wants to marry a rich girl named Marianna, but is loved by the boy Valerio, without Arpagone knowing. As if that were not enough, Arpagone, in addition to wanting the inheritance of the new bride, intends to marry his daughter with a rich noble to earn more money.Don Arpagone also has a chest full of gold coins, which he jealously guards because he fears that everybody wants to steal it, including the servants and children in his family. Just when one day Arpagone drops his guard, his young friend Valerio steals the cash coins to marry his beautiful lover ...

The Miser (1990 film)

Cast

Alberto Sordi as Arpagone

Laura Antonelli as Frosina

Nicola Farron as Cleante

Anna Kanakis as Elisa

Valérie Allain as Marianna

Miguel Bosé as Valerio

Christopher Lee as Cardinale Spinosi

Marie Laforêt as Contessa Isabella Spinosi

Lucia Bosè as Donna Elvira

Franco Interlenghi as Mastro Giacomo

Carlo Croccolo as Mastro Simone

Nunzia Fumo as Argena

Jacques Sernas as Don Guglielmo

Mattia Sbragia as Don Oronte

References

External links

1990 films

Films based on works by Molière

Italian films based on plays

Films directed by Tonino Cervi

Commedia all'italiana

1990 comedy films

Films scored by Piero Piccioni

Films based on works by Plautus

1990s Italian films

Works based on The Miser

The Miser (1990 film)