Roman Tales (1955)
Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They need only a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get it?
Director:
Gianni Franciolini
Writers:
Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci, Francesco Rosi, Sergio Amidei.
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Antonio Cifariello as Otello |
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Franco Fabrizi as Alvaro Latini |
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Giovanna Ralli as Marcella |
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Maurizio Arena as Mario |
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Maria Pia Casilio as Anita |
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Eloisa Cianni as Ines |
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Giancarlo Costa as Spartaco |
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Margherita Autuori as Assuntina |
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Mario Carotenuto as Commendator Vincenzo Servadoi |
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Sergio Raimondi as Valerio Zerboni |
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Nando Bruno as Annibale |
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Dino Curcio as Pasquale |
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Mario Riva as The Waiter at the Restaurant on the Sea |
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Anita Durante as Alvaro's mother |
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Vittorio De Sica as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer |
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Silvana Pampanini as Maria |
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Totò as Professor Semprini |
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Ciccio Barbi as The Plump Policeman near the Stadium (uncredited) |
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Mario Bardella as The Man Assaulted at the Park (uncredited) |
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Alberto Benais as (uncredited) |
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Miranda Campa as The Maid at Mazzoni Baralla's (uncredited) |
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Pietro Carloni as The Restaurant Manager (uncredited) |
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Elio Crovetto as The Tall Policeman Near the Stadium (uncredited) |
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Enzo Garinei as The Car Dealer (uncredited) |
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Aldo Giuffrè as The Flirting Lawyer at the Park (uncredited) |
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Isabella Lero as (uncredited) |
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Sandro Lorenzini as (uncredited) |
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Anna Maria Luciani as (uncredited) |
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Attilio Martella as The Skinny Carabiniere (uncredited) |
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Anna Maria Mazzarini as (uncredited) |
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Gisella Monaldi as Adele (uncredited) |
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Turi Pandolfini as The Bespectacled Customer at Barber's (uncredited) |
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Eduardo Passarelli as Brigadiere at the Open-Air Market (uncredited) |
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Linda Tur as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Gianni Franciolini | Director |
| Production | Bianca Lattuada | Production Manager |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Adaptation |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Dialogue |
| Production | Mario Pisani | Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Dialogue |
| Camera | Mario Montuori | Director of Photography |
| Production | Niccolò Theodoli | Producer |
| Writing | Alberto Moravia | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Paolo Heusch | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Aldo Tommasini | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Assunta Novelli | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Luciano Solaroli | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Liana Ferri | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Antonio Fratalocchi | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Aldo Tommasini | Production Design |
| Editing | Adriana Novelli | Editor |
| Art | Andrea Fantacci | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Mario Bartolomei | Sound |
| Production | Alberto Giommarelli | Production Assistant |
| Production | Antonio Sarno | Production Secretary |
| Writing | Alberto Moravia | Novel |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Dialogue |
| Camera | Alfio Contini | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Paolo Spinola | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amato Garbini | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Borzelli | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beni Montresor | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Maria Tucci | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Dialogue |
| Sound | Mario Nascimbene | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Camera | Osvaldo Massimi | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | Assistant Camera |