Side Street Story

Synopsis

A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker

Main Cast

Eduardo De Filippo

Gennaro Iovine

Age : 84 | Popularity : 3%

Delia Scala

Maria Rosaria Iovine

Age : 74 | Popularity : 4%

Leda Gloria

Amalia

Age : 84 | Popularity : 7%

Titina De Filippo

Adelaide

Age : 65 | Popularity : 7%

Carlo Ninchi

Il brigadiere di Ps

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Totò

Pasquale Miele

Age : 69 | Popularity : 6%

Dante Maggio

Il rosticciere

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Gianni Musy

Amedeo

Age : 80 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Eduardo De Filippo
	First Assistant Director	Augusto Carloni
	Second Assistant Director	Ruggero Fiorillo
Writing	Screenplay	Eduardo De Filippo Dino Maiuri Piero Tellini
	Theatre Play	Eduardo De Filippo
Editing	Editor	Douglas Robertson Giuliana Attenni
Sound	Original Music Composer	Nino Rota
	Conductor	Fernando Previtali
	Sound	Biagio Fiorelli Enrico Palmieri
Camera	Director of Photography	Aldo Tonti
Production	Production Manager	Luigi De Laurentiis
	Producer	Dino De Laurentiis
	Unit Manager	Nando Pisani
Art	Production Design	Piero Filippone Achille Spezzaferri
	Set Decoration	Piero Gherardi
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Otello Fava
Department	Role	Name

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