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
Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
Art | Piero Gherardi | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Otello Fava | Makeup Artist |
Art | Piero Filippone | Production Design |
Writing | Eduardo De Filippo | Screenplay |
Directing | Eduardo De Filippo | Director |
Writing | Eduardo De Filippo | Theatre Play |
Camera | Aldo Tonti | Director of Photography |
Production | Nando Pisani | Unit Manager |
Production | Luigi De Laurentiis | Production Manager |
Writing | Dino Maiuri | Screenplay |
Writing | Piero Tellini | Screenplay |
Editing | Douglas Robertson | Editor |
Editing | Giuliana Attenni | Editor |
Sound | Fernando Previtali | Conductor |
Sound | Biagio Fiorelli | Sound |
Art | Achille Spezzaferri | Production Design |
Sound | Enrico Palmieri | Sound |
Directing | Augusto Carloni | First Assistant Director |
Directing | Ruggero Fiorillo | Second Assistant Director |