Down with Misery!
Abbasso la miseria!
Synopsis
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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Anna Magnani
Nannina Straselli
Nino Besozzi
Giovanni Straselli
Virgilio Riento
Gaetano Schioppa
Marisa Vernati
Caterina Schioppa
Vito Annichiarico
Nello Esposito
Sandro Ruffini
Porzio Ray
Lauro Gazzolo
Commendator Trombetti
Aldo Silvani
Il compagno di cella
Vittorio Mottini
Il padre di Nello
Checco Durante
Il fattorino del radiogrammofono
Giuseppe Pierozzi
Giorgio
Mara Lopez
La figlia del commendattore
Dina Romano
La sorella di Gaetano (uncredited)
Claudio Ermelli
Il guardia di Finanza (uncredited)
Felice Romano
L'altra guardia (uncredited)
Mario Castellani
Un agente (uncredited)
Dino Di Luca
Un'altro agente (uncredited)
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Gennaro Righelli
- Screenplay & Story
- Nicola Fausto Neroni, Gennaro Righelli
- Original Score
- Umberto Mancini
- Original Title
- Abbasso la miseria!
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Spoken Languages
- Italian
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Production Studios
- Domus Film
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Gennaro Righelli
Nicola Fausto Neroni, Gennaro Righelli
Umberto Mancini
Rodolfo Lombardi
Duilio A. Lucarelli
Department Leadership Roster
Rodolfo Lombardi
Director of Photography
Gennaro Righelli
Director
Duilio A. Lucarelli
Editor
Umberto Mancini
Original Music Composer
Alfredo Manzi
Production Design
Nicola Fausto Neroni
Screenplay
Gennaro Righelli
Screenplay
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What is Down with Misery! about?
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.
Who directed Down with Misery!?
Down with Misery! was directed by Gennaro Righelli.
Who stars in Down with Misery!?
The principal cast of Down with Misery! includes Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi, Virgilio Riento, Marisa Vernati, Vito Annichiarico.
When was Down with Misery! released and how long is it?
Down with Misery! was released in 1945 with a total runtime of 1h 19m.
Who composed the musical score for Down with Misery!?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Down with Misery! was composed by Umberto Mancini.