
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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Eduardo De Filippo as Gennaro Iovine

Delia Scala as Maria Rosaria Iovine

Leda Gloria as Amalia

Titina De Filippo as Adelaide

Carlo Ninchi as Il brigadiere di Ps

Totò as Pasquale Miele

Dante Maggio as Il rosticciere

Gianni Musy as Amedeo

Laura Gore as La moglie del ragionier Spasiani

Mario Soldati as Il ragioner Spasiani

Giacomo Rondinella as Il cantante di concertino

Rosita Pisano as Assunta

Aldo Giuffrè as Federico

Mario Frera as Peppe "'o Cricco"

Concetta Palumbo as Riruccia

Pietro Pennetti as Un soldato

Mariano Englen as

Michael Tor as L'ufficiale americano

Carlo Mazzoni as Il sergente americano

Aldo Tonti as

Pietro Carloni as Un soldato americano

Carlo Giuffrè as Ernesto

Nino Vingelli as Giovanni

Francesco Penza as

Antonio La Raina as

Enrico Glori as

Sandro Ruffini as Narrator
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