Count Tacchia

{{Infobox film

| name = Count Tacchia
-Il conte Tacchia-

| image = Count Tacchia.jpg

| caption =

| director =Sergio Corbucci

| writer = Luciano Vincenzoni
Sergio Donati
Sergio Corbucci
Massimo Franciosa

| starring = Enrico Montesano
Vittorio Gassman
Paolo Panelli
Zoe Chauveau
Ninetto Davoli

| music = Armando Trovajoli

| cinematography = Luigi Kuveiller

| editing = Ruggero Mastroianni

| producer =

| country = Italy

| released = {{Film date|1982}}

|runtime = 118 min
141 min (director's cut)

| language = Italian

}}

Il conte Tacchia, internationally released as Count Tacchia, is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 2000|isbn=8877424230}}

The main character of the film is inspired by the real count Tacchia, Adriano Bennicelli.Claudio Rendina. Storia insolita di Roma. Newton & Compton, 2001. {{ISBN|88-8289-519-X}}.

Plot

In 1910 in Rome, the poor carpenter Francesco, by a twist of fate, is recognized as a member of a noble family in the process of decay. Francesco knows the cynical and ruthless Prince Torquato Terenzi, disappointed by life and progress, and also falls in love with the beautiful Duchess Elisa.

When Prince Terenzi dies, Francesco realizes that he is not enriched by the inheritance, because the noble family is broke; so he enlists himself for the Italo-Turkish War in Libya, but quickly returns to Italy, disgusted by the atrocities of the fighting.