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
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Cast
- Eduardo De FilippoGennaro Iovine
- Delia ScalaMaria Rosaria Iovine
- Leda GloriaAmalia
- 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
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- Eduardo De FilippoDirector
- Eduardo De FilippoScreenplay
- Piero TelliniScreenplay
- Dino MaiuriScreenplay
- Aldo TontiDirector of Photography
- Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
- Giuliana AttenniEditor
- Douglas RobertsonEditor
- Dino De LaurentiisProducer
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