 In this time he created some of his most famous characters such as “Napoleon” and “Il Corazziere” (a parody on his size since the Corazziere is a military division that employs only soldiers over 6 feet tall) that bring him to an extraordinary popularity in Italy.In 1942 he shoots the first of a long series of films "Pazzo d’amore" (Crazy For Love) developing and establishing his very peculiar kind of humor.Among the sixty plus films he worked in one of the most relevant was "Il Cappotto" (The Overcoat) by Gogol, winner of the Golden Palm in Cannes.