Difficult Years

Difficult Years
1948Drama110 mins

Plot

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 Giov... read more

  • Luigi Zampa

    Director

  • Sergio Amidei

    Screenplay

  • Sergio Amidei

    Adaptation

  • Vitaliano Brancati

    Screenplay

  • Vitaliano Brancati

    Novel

  • Vitaliano Brancati

    Adaptation

  • Enrico Fulchignoni

    Co-Writer

  • Franco Evangelisti

    Co-Writer

  • Carlo Montuori

    Director of Photography

  • Eraldo Da Roma

    Editor

  • 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

  • Raniero De Cenzo

    Rapisarda

  • Carlo Sposito

    Riccardo, the Baron's son

  • Giuseppe Nicolosi

    Cascarà

  • Loris Gizzi

    Il Ministro

  • Ermanno Randi

    Turi

  • Rosetta Calavetta

    Elena (voice)

  • Paolo Monelli

  • Sandro Ruffini

    Narrator, Italian original version

  • Bruno Di Stefani

  • Vittorio Di Stefani

  • Runtime

    110 minutes

    Released

    1948-12-28

    Languages

    Italiano

    Countries

    Italy

    Studios

    Briguglio Film

    Sound

  • Franco Casavola

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    978 days ago

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