Side Street Story
Overview
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
About Side Street Story (1950)
Released in 1950, Side Street Story is a comedy film from DDL Cinematografica (Italy). It was directed by Eduardo De Filippo and written by Eduardo De Filippo and Piero Tellini. The cast is led by Eduardo De Filippo, Delia Scala, Leda Gloria, Titina De Filippo and Carlo Ninchi. With a runtime of 1h 31m, the film averages 7.4/10 across 42 TMDB ratings.
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