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Director:
Roberto Rossellini
Writers:
Vitaliano Brancati (writer)
Ennio Flaiano (writer)
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Release Date:
25 February 1954 (Italy) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself... more | add synopsis
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Life can be a dream in prison but a nightmare when you get out... more (2 total)

Cast

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Totò ... Salvatore Lojacono
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maria Bon Roseto
Mario Castellani ... Il pubblico ministero
Andrea Compagnoni ... Nandino
Ugo D'Alessio ... Un giudice
Nyta Dover ... La ragazza della maratona (as Nita Dover)
Franca Faldini ... Maria
Ines Florentini ... La sora Amalia
Pasquale Fortunato
Giacomo Gabrielli ... Torquato Torquati
Augusta Mancini ... La signora Teresa
Fernando Milani ... Otello Torquati
Fortunato Misiano ... Un pensionante
Nino Misiano ... Un pensionante
Pasquale Misiano ... Un pensionante
Vera Molnar ... Agnesina
Eugenio Orlandi ... Romolo Torquati
Giacomo Rondinella ... Un carcerato
Vincenzo Talarico ... L'avvocato difensore
Ines Targas ... La campiona di maratona di ballo
Leopoldo Trieste ... Abramo Piperno
Thea Zubin ... Thea, la cameriera
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Directed by
Roberto Rossellini 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Vitaliano Brancati  writer
Ennio Flaiano  writer
Antonio Pietrangeli  writer
Roberto Rossellini  writer
Vincenzo Talarico  writer

Produced by
Dino De Laurentiis .... producer
Carlo Ponti .... producer
 
Original Music by
Renzo Rossellini 
 
Cinematography by
Tonino Delli Colli 
Aldo Tonti 
 
Film Editing by
Jolanda Benvenuti 
 
Production Design by
Virgilio Marchi 
Flavio Mogherini 
 
Set Decoration by
Armando Suscipi 
 
Costume Design by
Antonelli 
Ferroni 
 
Production Management
Nando Pisani .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marcello Caracciolo Di Laurino .... first assistant director (as Marcello Caracciolo)
Luigi Giacosi .... first assistant director
Federico Fellini .... second unit director (uncredited)
Lucio Fulci .... second unit director (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Giuseppe Morelli .... conductor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Where Is Freedom?
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16
Company:
Golden Film more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Life can be a dream in prison but a nightmare when you get out..., 18 February 2003
6/10
Author: Sorsimus from Kaarina, Finland

"Neorealist" comedy from Rossellini with the unimitable Toto as a barber who has a hard time adjusting back to society after serving 22 years in prison for a crime of passion.

What's great about this film is the strong theme behind the story. When you're locked away for a long time the real world becomes a dreamlike vision of a paradise. Paradoxically, the world can be the least tolerant place to those just released from prison.

Toto's comedy works wonderfully to create a man that experiences this disillusionment even up to the point where the very reasons he had for the crime of passion 22 years ago are questioned.

It's not a masterpiece: some sequences are included for no apparent reason and add nothing to the film, but a good idea, great casting (especially minor parts), good use of dramatic or realistic elements to make the comedy parts seem less "sweet" and, of course, the great Toto make watching this one worth your while.

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