Movie: Side Street Story

Top 10 Billed Cast

Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo

Gennaro Iovine

Delia Scala
Delia Scala

Maria Rosaria Iovine

Leda Gloria
Leda Gloria

Amalia

Titina De Filippo
Titina De Filippo

Adelaide

Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi

Il brigadiere di Ps

Totò
Totò

Pasquale Miele

Dante Maggio
Dante Maggio

Il rosticciere

Gianni Musy
Gianni Musy

Amedeo

Laura Gore
Laura Gore

La moglie del ragionier Spasiani

Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati

Il ragioner Spasiani

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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 speaker

  • Release Date

    1950-09-21

  • Average

    7.4

  • Rating:

    3.7 starts
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  • Languages:

    Italiano

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