Down with Misery! 1945
6.4 / 10
Down with Misery!
The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni, who is a naive and fundamentally honest worker from the North of Italy, cannot get any profit and his wife, an energetic and talkative Roman woman, can't help blaming him for his poor business skills. Returning from a trip to Naples, he brings home a little hungry orphan, Nello. At first Giovanni's wife doesn't want the boy, but then she begins to like him. The little boy does whatever he can to help the family. Nello's father, who everybody thought to have died during the war, finds his little son and, being a rich business man, he employs the good and generous Giovanni. Meanwhile the former friend Gaetano is caught by the police and convicted for his illegal trades.
The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni, who is a naive and fundamentally honest worker from the North of Italy, cannot get any profit and his wife, an energetic and talkative Roman woman, can't help blaming him for his poor business skills. Returning from a trip to Naples, he brings home a little hungry orphan, Nello. At first Giovanni's wife doesn't want the boy, but then she begins to like him. The little boy does whatever he can to help the family. Nello's father, who everybody thought to have died during the war, finds his little son and, being a rich business man, he employs the good and generous Giovanni. Meanwhile the former friend Gaetano is caught by the police and convicted for his illegal trades.
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Full Cast & Crew
... Nannina Straselli
... Giovanni Straselli
... Gaetano Schioppa
... Caterina Schioppa
... Nello Esposito
... Porzio Ray
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Release Date:
Dec 27, 1945 (Italy)
Run Time:
1hr 19`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Italian
Production Countries:
Italy
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
Down with Misery! - Down with Misery!
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Nannina Straselli
... Giovanni Straselli
... Gaetano Schioppa
... Caterina Schioppa
... Nello Esposito
... Porzio Ray
... Commendator Trombetti
... Il compagno di cella
... Il padre di Nello
... Il fattorino del radiogrammofono
... Giorgio
ML
Mara Lopez... La figlia del commendattore
DR
Dina Romano... La sorella di Gaetano (uncredited)
... Il guardia di Finanza (uncredited)
... L'altra guardia (uncredited)
... Un agente (uncredited)
DDL
Dino Di Luca... Un'altro agente (uncredited)
Produced By
... Production Coordinator
... Production Manager
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