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A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speakerRead moreLess
A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker
The story
A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker
Cast & crew
Eduardo De FilippoGennaro Iovine
Delia ScalaMaria Rosaria Iovine
Titina De FilippoAdelaide
Carlo NinchiIl brigadiere di Ps
TotòPasquale Miele
Dante MaggioIl rosticciere
Gianni MusyAmedeo
Laura GoreLa moglie del ragionier Spasiani
Mario SoldatiIl ragioner Spasiani
Giacomo RondinellaIl cantante di concertino
Rosita PisanoAssuntaExplore the crew
- Director
- Eduardo De Filippo
- Screenplay
- Eduardo De Filippo
- Producer
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Screenplay
- Dino Maiuri
- Screenplay
- Piero Tellini
- Original Music Composer
- Nino Rota
- Director of Photography
- Aldo Tonti
- Editor
- Giuliana Attenni
- Editor
- Douglas Robertson