Difficult Years (1948)
Anni difficili
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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.
- Date of release
- 1948-12-28
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (26)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Luigi Zampa
Casting
- Umberto Spadaro — Aldo Piscitello
- Ave Ninchi — Rosina Piscitello
- Enzo Biliotti — Il podestà
- Massimo Girotti — Giovanni Piscitello
- Delia Scala — Elena Piscitello
- Ernesto Almirante — Il nonnino
- Aldo Silvani — Il farmacista
- Miro Zonda — Il federale
- Milly Vitale — Maria, the pharmacist's niece
- Giovanni Grasso — Mascoli
- Olinto Cristina — Sacchi
- Agostino Salvietti — Fegarotta
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Sicily
Difficult Years is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Umberto Spadaro, adapted from the 1946 short story Vecchio con gli stivali, by the Sicilian author Vitaliano Brancati.
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