Under the Sun of Rome
1948 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy
UNDER THE SUN OF ROME is the first of a trilogy of great comedies which were directed by Renato Castellani after World War II. The other two are E' PRIMAVERA and DUE SOLDI DI SPERANZA. These movies all treat the hardships of post-war life seriously but also with a light and wistful comic touch. Here we see the lives of a group of some appealing young men in Nazified Rome and after the liberation. A shiftless young man manages to return home after being imprisoned by the Germans. After the war he takes up with a married woman then tries to blackmail her. During the course of the film his mother dies, his father is killed, and the shiftless kid must learn to confront life as a real man. As in many of the other neorealist films of the time, director Castellani cast non-professionals in all the key roles.
Direction Renato Castellani
Cast Oscar Blando · Liliana Mancini · Francesco Golisano · Ennio Fabeni · Alfredo Locatelli · Gaetano Chiurazzi · Anselmo Di Biagio · Ferruccio Tozzi · Maria Tozzi · Giuseppina Fava · Raffaele Caporilli · Ilario Malaschini · Omero Paoloni · Gisella Monaldi · Alberto Sordi
Soundtrack Nino Rota
Screenplay Sergio Amidei · Renato Castellani · Emilio Cecchi · Ettore M. Margadonna · Fausto Tozzi
Cinematography Domenico Scala
Original title Sotto il sole di Roma
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