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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 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

  • Comedy

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Eduardo De FilippoEduardo De FilippoGennaro Iovine
  • Photo of Delia ScalaDelia ScalaMaria Rosaria Iovine
  • Photo of Leda GloriaLeda GloriaAmalia
  • Photo of Titina De FilippoTitina De FilippoAdelaide
  • Photo of Carlo NinchiCarlo NinchiIl brigadiere di Ps
  • Photo of TotòTotòPasquale Miele
  • Photo of Dante MaggioDante MaggioIl rosticciere
  • Photo of Gianni MusyGianni MusyAmedeo
  • Photo of Laura GoreLaura GoreLa moglie del ragionier Spasiani
  • Photo of Mario SoldatiMario SoldatiIl ragioner Spasiani

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