Directed by:
Luigi ComenciniCinematography:
Carlo CarliniCast:
Alberto Sordi, Eduardo De Filippo, Serge Reggiani, Martin Balsam, Didi Perego, Alex Nicol, Carla Gravina, Vincenzo Musolino, Nino Castelnuovo, Mac Ronay (more)Plots(1)
On September 8 1943, Armistice day, there was a great wave of hope that the war was over, but there was also a great deal of confusion. The army was in disarray and most of the soldiers only wanted to go home. Alberto Innocenzi, a second lieutenant, tries to keep his regiment together and reach headquarters to find out what to do. He is in the company of just a few soldiers: sergeant Fornaciari, sapper Ceccarelli, and the artilleryman Codegato, and he decides to go with them towards their respective hometowns. The journey, though, is beset with difficulties which show just how far off the end of the war is. Artilleryman Codegato, having helped a Jewish woman captured by the Germans, is the first to succumb. Then it's the turn of Farnaciari, arrested together with his wife for having sheltered an American soldier. Now by themselves, Innocenzi and Ceccarelli arrive at the home of the lieutenant's father who wants his son to enlist with the Salo' Republic's army. Disgusted, Innocenzi has no other choice than to follow Ceccarelli to Naples where they find the Germans and a mass uprising waiting for them. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Alberto Sordi
Italy
Best movies:
Eduardo De Filippo
Italy
Best movies:
It Happened in the Park (1953)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Serge Reggiani
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
The Last Adventure (1967)
Martin Balsam
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Psycho (1960)
Little Big Man (1970)
Didi Perego
Italy
Best movies:
Kapò (1959)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
Quelle joie de vivre (1961)
Alex Nicol
USA
Best movies:
Everybody Go Home (1960)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
Horrible Horror (1986) - a.f.
Carla Gravina
Italy
Best movies:
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
And Now My Love (1974)
The Terrace (1980)
Vincenzo Musolino
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
La Mer à boire (1963)
Nino Castelnuovo
Italy
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
The English Patient (1996)
Mac Ronay
France
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
Crooks in Clover (1963)
Carlo d'Angelo
Italy
Best movies:
Everybody Go Home (1960)
The Great War (1959)
The Great Silence (1968)
Mino Doro
Italy
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
La dolce vita (1960)
Claudio Ermelli
Italy
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
Shoeshine (1946)
Claudio Gora
Italy
Best movies:
The Easy Life (1962)
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Gabriella Giorgelli
Italy
Best movies:
The Organiser (1963)
Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
Mario Feliciani
Italy
Best movies:
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
The Great War (1959)
Edda Ferronao
Italy
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
1900 (1976)
The Organiser (1963)
Mario Frera
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
The Monsters (1963)
The Professor (1986)
Ciccio Barbi
Italy
Best movies:
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
La Ragazza con la valigia (1961)
Ugo D'Alessio
Italy
Best movies:
Nini Tirebouchon (1970)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
Mafia (1968)