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Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-10-27

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (442 Reviews)

Director:

Nanni Loy

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Cast:

Alberto Sordi Elga Andersen Andrea Aureli Lino Banfi

Writer:

Sergio Amidei

Emilio Sanna

Rodolfo Sonego (idea)

Fullplot:

Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian land surveyor who has lived in Sweden for the past seven years, goes to his native country with his Swedish wife and children for his holidays. At the border he is however jailed for no apparent reason. He thus begins a nightmarish kafkian experience while he's moved from one prison to another, subject to any humiliation and violence.

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