Italy / Dec 27, 1945
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Aldo Silvani | Il compagno di cella |
| Vittorio Mottini | Il padre di Nello |
| Checco Durante | Il fattorino del radiogrammofono |
| Giuseppe Pierozzi | Giorgio |
| Mara Lopez | La figlia del commendattore |
| Dina Romano | La sorella di Gaetano (uncredited) |
| Claudio Ermelli | Il guardia di Finanza (uncredited) |
| Felice Romano | L'altra guardia (uncredited) |
| Mario Castellani | Un agente (uncredited) |
| Dino Di Luca | Un'altro agente (uncredited) |
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Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Abbasso la miseria! |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Domus Film |
| Release date | 27 dicembre 1945 |
| Writer | Gennaro Righelli, Nicola Fausto Neroni |
| Editing | Duilio A. Lucarelli |
| Cinematography | Rodolfo Lombardi |
| Assistant directors | Gennaro Righelli |
| Camera operators | Rodolfo Lombardi |
| Additional photography | Rodolfo Lombardi |
| Production design | Alfredo Manzi, Gino Brosio |
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| Art direction | Alfredo Manzi, Gino Brosio |
| Set decoration | Gino Brosio, Alfredo Manzi |
| Music | Umberto Mancini, Kurt Doubrowsky, Ugo Giacomozzi |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky, Ugo Giacomozzi, Umberto Mancini |
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