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Difficult Years

Difficult Years

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Difficult Years

"The GENIUS that went into making "To Live in Peace", "Open City", "Paisan", and "Death of a Salesman" has been combined to give you..."

1948

1h 50m

7.7(23 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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Umberto Spadaro

Aldo Piscitello

Umberto Spadaro

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Ave Ninchi

Rosina Piscitello

Ave Ninchi

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Enzo Biliotti

Il podestà

Enzo Biliotti

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Massimo Girotti

Giovanni Piscitello

Massimo Girotti

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Delia Scala

Elena Piscitello

Delia Scala

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Ernesto Almirante

Il nonnino

Ernesto Almirante

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Aldo Silvani

Il farmacista

Aldo Silvani

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Miro Zonda

Il federale

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Milly Vitale

Maria, the pharmacist's niece

Milly Vitale

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Giovanni Grasso

Mascoli

Giovanni Grasso

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Olinto Cristina

Sacchi

Olinto Cristina

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Agostino Salvietti

Fegarotta

Agostino Salvietti

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Raniero De Cenzo

Rapisarda

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Carlo Sposito

Riccardo, the Baron's son

Carlo Sposito

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Giuseppe Nicolosi

Cascarà

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Loris Gizzi

Il Ministro

Loris Gizzi

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Ermanno Randi

Turi

Ermanno Randi

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Rosetta Calavetta

Elena (voice)

Rosetta Calavetta

Writing

Paolo Monelli

Unknown Role

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Sandro Ruffini

Narrator, Italian original version

Sandro Ruffini

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Bruno Di Stefani

Unknown Role

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Vittorio Di Stefani

Unknown Role

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