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:
Sergio Amidei, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Francesco Rosi.
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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 | Niccolò Theodoli | Producer |
| Writing | Alberto Moravia | Novel |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Adaptation |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Dialogue |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Dialogue |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Dialogue |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Dialogue |
| Writing | Alberto Moravia | Co-Writer |
| Camera | Mario Montuori | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mario Nascimbene | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Production | Bianca Lattuada | Production Manager |
| Directing | Paolo Heusch | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Mario Pisani | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Aldo Tommasini | Production Design |
| Art | Aldo Tommasini | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Mario Bartolomei | Sound |
| Camera | Alfio Contini | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Adriana Novelli | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beni Montresor | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amato Garbini | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Osvaldo Massimi | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Antonio Sarno | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Maria Tucci | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | Assunta Novelli | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Borzelli | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Paolo Spinola | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luciano Solaroli | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Alberto Giommarelli | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Liana Ferri | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Andrea Fantacci | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Antonio Fratalocchi | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |