Count Emilio Ponticelli — Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Character Profile

About Count Emilio Ponticelli

Italian aviator competing in the international race, representing the foreign challenge to British aviation dominance.

Character Facts

Played by

Alberto Sordi

Appears in

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Count Emilio Ponticelli — Professional Fellow Competitor — Orvil Newton (Stuart Whitman)

  International rivals sharing the same hazardous flight conditions.

• Count Emilio Ponticelli — Professional Fellow Competitor — Colonel Manfred von Holstein (Gert Fröbe)

  International aviators facing identical flight hazards.

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