Io sono il Capataz
- Renato Rascel: Uguccione / Rascelito Villa
- Silvana Pampanini: Rosa del Fuego
- Virgilio Riento: guard
- Marilyn Buferd: Moira
- Luigi Pavese: Erasmo
- Nino Crisman: Gonzales
- Mario Pisu: Hurtado
- Bruno Corelli: The French Schneider
- Vickie Henderson: Creole Dancer
Io sono il Capataz is an Italian adventure film from 1950, the starring a comedic story about the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa told with Renato Rascel. Directed by Giorgio Simonelli film was not shown in Germany.
Action
Because of his slight build may Uguccione not find work. When he meets one day on the famous revolutionary C6, this will change: Together with his friend Erasmo he is flown to Parazuela where to personalize the dictator Rascelito Villa, who commanded the capital filled revolutionary troops. It is in this role, a puppet in the hands of the minister. Convinced that the people love him, he plays for some time without a murmur the game with.
When he realizes that in reality the inhabitants of the country hate him and plan rebels under the leadership of Rosa de Fuego even an attack on him, succeeds Erasmo, the rebels, who have brought the two friends into their power to convince that it is not about Rascelito, but whose twin brother Pancho, who came to fight his evil relatives. Using his knowledge of secret passages in the palace he can now as Rascelito the Minister and as Pancho the rebels lead to the decision that he acts for the people. He is celebrated as liberators, but dispenses with the power to live with Rosa del Fuego.
Criticism
Alberto Albertazzi said, the brilliant comedian on stage Rascel have not yet found his maturity as a film actor, what would make him very dependent on the large or even lesser originality of the substances; in this case remains an irrelevant, if not worse contribution left, he could not save.
Comments
In contrast to the critics of the film came with the audience very well and played in Italy 421 million lire a.
Sophia Loren played a small role as Sekräterin the dictator.
The film was again, now housed in a slightly modified form in 1954 under the title il Ritorno Capataz, in the cinemas.