Overview
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.
Cast
- Gigi Proietti as Meo Patacca
- Enzo Cerusico as Marco Pepe
- Marilù Tolo as Sora Nuccia
- Mario Scaccia as Cardinale
- Nanda Primavera as Calpurnia
- Francesco Mulè as principe romano
- Marco Tulli as maestro Tiburzio
- Adriano Micantoni as principe Lanzarotti
- Umberto Di Grazia as Cencio
- Fausto Di Bella as Checco Sciala