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
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
IT
Genres:
Comedy
Release:
September 1950
Production:
DDL Cinematografica
Cast:
Eduardo De Filippo, Delia Scala, Leda Gloria, Titina De Filippo, Carlo Ninchi, Totò, Dante Maggio, Gianni Musy, Laura Gore, Mario Soldati, Giacomo Rondinella, Rosita Pisano, Aldo Giuffrè, Mario Frera, Concetta Palumbo, Pietro Pennetti, Mariano Englen, Michael Tor, Carlo Mazzoni, Aldo Tonti, Pietro Carloni, Carlo Giuffrè, Nino Vingelli, Francesco Penza, Antonio La Raina, Enrico Glori, Sandro Ruffini
