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Side Street Story

Side Street Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-07-04

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (190 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Eduardo De Filippo (play)

Eduardo De Filippo (screenplay)

Arduino Maiuri (screenplay)

Piero Tellini (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker.

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