Difficult Years (1948)
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
Director:
Luigi Zampa
Writers:
Sergio Amidei, Vitaliano Brancati.
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Umberto Spadaro as Aldo Piscitello |
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Ave Ninchi as Rosina Piscitello |
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Enzo Biliotti as Il podestà |
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Massimo Girotti as Giovanni Piscitello |
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Delia Scala as Elena Piscitello |
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Ernesto Almirante as Il nonnino |
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Aldo Silvani as Il farmacista |
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Miro Zonda as Il federale |
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Milly Vitale as Maria, the pharmacist's niece |
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Giovanni Grasso as Mascoli |
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Olinto Cristina as Sacchi |
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Agostino Salvietti as Fegarotta |
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Raniero De Cenzo as Rapisarda |
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Carlo Sposito as Riccardo, the Baron's son |
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Giuseppe Nicolosi as Cascarà |
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Loris Gizzi as Il Ministro |
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Ermanno Randi as Turi |
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Rosetta Calavetta as Elena (voice) |
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Paolo Monelli as |
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Sandro Ruffini as Narrator, Italian original version |
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Bruno Di Stefani as |
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Vittorio Di Stefani as |
| Directing | Luigi Zampa | Director |
| Writing | Vitaliano Brancati | Novel |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Adaptation |
| Writing | Franco Evangelisti | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Enrico Fulchignoni | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Vitaliano Brancati | Adaptation |
| Directing | Francesco De Feo | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Gianni Solitro | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Franco Casavola | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ugo Giacomozzi | Conductor |
| Directing | Mauro Bolognini | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Mario Montuori | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Mario Amari | Sound |
| Art | Ivo Battelli | Production Design |
| Camera | Carlo Montuori | Director of Photography |
| Production | Folco Laudati | Production Manager |
| Production | Domenico Fazzari | Production Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Euclide Santoli | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Eraldo Da Roma | Editor |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vitaliano Brancati | Screenplay |
