Under the Sun of Rome (Italian: Sotto il sole di Roma) is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Renato Castellani.[1] It was the first film of Castellani's Italian neorealism trilogy about poor people, followed by È primavera... in 1949 and Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner Two Cents Worth of Hope in 1952.

Under the Sun of Rome
Directed byRenato Castellani
Written bySergio Amidei
Renato Castellani
Emilio Cecchi
Ettore Margadonna
Fausto Tozzi
Produced bySandro Ghenzi
CinematographyDomenico Scala
Edited byGiuliano Betti
Music byNino Rota
Production
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Universalcine
Distributed byFincine
Release date
  • 2 October 1948 (1948-10-02)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Cast

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  • Oscar Blando as Ciro
  • Liliana Mancini as Iris
  • Francesco Golisano as Geppa
  • Ennio Fabeni as Bruno
  • Alfredo Locatelli as Nerone
  • Gaetano Chiurazzi as Bellicapelli
  • Anselmo Di Biagio as Dottorino
  • Ferruccio Tozzi as Ciro's father
  • Maria Tozzi as Ciro's mother
  • Giuseppina Fava as Janitor
  • Raffaele Caporilli as 'Mbriaschini
  • Ilario Malaschini as Pirata
  • Omero Paoloni as Coccolone
  • Gisella Monaldi as Tosca
  • Alberto Sordi as Fernando
  • Luigi Valentini as Romoletto
  • Panaccioni as Panaccioni
  • Angelo Giacometti as cameriere
  • Lorenzo di Marco as contadino

References

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  1. ^ "Sous le soleil de Rome - La critique". Avoir-alire.com (in French). November 20, 2010.
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