Side Street Story (1950)

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 Nazi...s 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 more

Directing:
  • Eduardo De Filippo

Writing:
  • Arduino Maiuri
  • Eduardo De Filippo
  • Piero Tellini

Stars:
Release Date: 1950-09-21
themoviedb icon 1 2 3 4 5 7.4/10
  • Country: IT
  • Language: Italiano
  • Runtime: 91

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Gianni Musy
Gianni Musy
Amedeo
Leda Gloria
Leda Gloria
Amalia
Aldo Giuffrè
Aldo Giuffrè
Federico
Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Fi...
Gennaro Iovine
Delia Scala
Delia Scala
Maria Rosaria Iovine
Totò
Totò
Pasquale Miele
Titina De Filippo
Titina De Fil...
Adelaide
Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi
Il brigadiere di Ps
Dante Maggio
Dante Maggio
Il rosticciere
Laura Gore
Laura Gore
La moglie del ragionier Spasiani
Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati
Il ragioner Spasiani
Aldo Tonti
Aldo Tonti
Pietro Carloni
Pietro Carlon...
Un soldato americano
Mario Frera
Mario Frera
Peppe "'o Cricco"
Giacomo Rondinella
Giacomo Rondi...
Il cantante di concertino
Rosita Pisano
Rosita Pisano
Assunta
Carlo Giuffrè
Carlo Giuffrè
Ernesto
Nino Vingelli
Nino Vingelli
Giovanni
Antonio La Raina
Antonio La Ra...
Enrico Glori
Enrico Glori
Sandro Ruffini
Sandro Ruffin...
Narrator
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