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Down with Misery! (1945)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 19M

Director : Gennaro Righelli
Writer : Gennaro Righelli, Nicola Fausto Neroni

Synopsis

The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni, who is a naive and fundamentally honest worker from the North of Italy, cannot get any profit and his wife, an energetic and talkative Roman woman, can't help blaming him for his poor business skills. Returning from a trip to Naples, he brings home a little hungry orphan, Nello. At first Giovanni's wife doesn't want the boy, but then she begins to like him. The little boy does whatever he can to help the family. Nello's father, who everybody thought to have died during the war, finds his little son and, being a rich business man, he employs the good and generous Giovanni. Meanwhile the former friend Gaetano is caught by the police and convicted for his illegal trades.

Actors

Anna Magnani
Anna Magnani
Nannina Straselli
Nino Besozzi
Nino Besozzi
Giovanni Straselli
Virgilio Riento
Virgilio Riento
Gaetano Schioppa
Marisa Vernati
Marisa Vernati
Caterina Schioppa
Vito Annichiarico
Vito Annichiarico
Nello Esposito
Sandro Ruffini
Sandro Ruffini
Porzio Ray
Lauro Gazzolo
Lauro Gazzolo
Commendator Trombetti
Aldo Silvani
Aldo Silvani
Il compagno di cella
Vittorio Mottini
Vittorio Mottini
Il padre di Nello
Checco Durante
Checco Durante
Il fattorino del radiogrammofono
Giuseppe Pierozzi
Giuseppe Pierozzi
Giorgio
Mara Lopez
Mara Lopez
La figlia del commendattore
Dina Romano
Dina Romano
La sorella di Gaetano (uncredited)
Claudio Ermelli
Claudio Ermelli
Il guardia di Finanza (uncredited)
Felice Romano
Felice Romano
L'altra guardia (uncredited)
Mario Castellani
Mario Castellani
Un agente (uncredited)
Dino Di Luca
Dino Di Luca
Un'altro agente (uncredited)

Crews

Rodolfo Lombardi
Rodolfo Lombardi
Director of Photography
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli
Director
Umberto Bompani
Umberto Bompani
Production Manager
Umberto Mancini
Umberto Mancini
Original Music Composer
Ugo Giacomozzi
Ugo Giacomozzi
Conductor
Gino Brosio
Gino Brosio
Set Decoration
Alfredo Manzi
Alfredo Manzi
Production Design
Kurt Doubrowsky
Kurt Doubrowsky
Sound
Duilio A. Lucarelli
Duilio A. Lucarelli
Editor
Valentino Brosio
Valentino Brosio
Production Coordinator
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli
Story
Gennaro Righelli
Gennaro Righelli
Screenplay
Nicola Fausto Neroni
Nicola Fausto Neroni
Screenplay

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