The Icicle Thief (1989)
Director Maurizio Nichetti is invited on TV to introduce a screening of his neo-realist classic 'The Icicle Thief'. He is horrified to discover that his black-and-white tale of life in poverty is constantly interrupted by garish color commercials, and even more horrified when a power cut in the studio causes film and commercials to mix up – a glamorous model finds herself in the arms of an unemployed pauper, while his wife finds herself in consumers' heaven. Nichetti has to break into the film to try to sort everything out.
Director:
Maurizio Nichetti
Writers:
Mauro Monti, Maurizio Nichetti.
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Maurizio Nichetti as Self / Antonio Piermattei |
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Caterina Sylos Labini as Maria Piermattei |
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Federico Rizzo as Bruno Piermattei |
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Renato Scarpa as Don Italo |
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Heidi Komarek as Modella |
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Carlina Torta as Telespettatrice |
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Massimo Sacilotto as Telespettatore |
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Claudio G. Fava as Critico |
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Lella Costa as Segretaria TV |
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Marco Zannoni as Tecnico TV |
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Anna Maria Torniai as Sarta TV |
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Clara Droetto as Truccatrice TV |
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Ernesto Calindri as Self |
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Matteo Auguardi as Paolo Piermattei |
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Salvatore Landolina as Brigadiere |
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Gero Caldarelli as Capocomico |
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Fabrizio Fontana as Ciclista |
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Stefania Carbone as Amica |
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Stefania Maggio as Amica |
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Claudia Pogliotti as Amica |
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Pierluigi Pelitti as Funzionario collocamento |
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Enrico Grazioli as Caporeparto |
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Bruno Moretti as Musicista |
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Ettore Richello as Musicista |
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Carlo Sola as Musicista |
| Directing | Maurizio Nichetti | Director |
| Camera | Mario Battistoni | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Mauro Monti | Screenplay |
| Editing | Anna Missoni | Editor |
| Production | Marco Mandelli | Production Director |
| Art | Ada Legori | Production Design |
| Production | Ernesto Di Sarro | Producer |
| Directing | Laura Zagordi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Amedeo Casati | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Pia Angelini | Costume Design |
| Camera | Romano Gregorig | Camera Operator |
| Production | Mario Maronati | General Manager |
| Writing | Maurizio Nichetti | Story |
| Editing | Rita Rossi | Editor |
| Writing | Maurizio Nichetti | Screenplay |
| Sound | Manuel De Sica | Original Music Composer |
