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The Roof

Vittorio De Sica

1956 • 1h 37m

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so...

The Roof

Cast

Gabriella Pallotta

Gabriella PallottaLuisa Pilon

Giorgio ListuzziNatale Pilon, Luisa's husband

Gastone Renzelli

Gastone RenzelliCesare, Luisa's brother-in-law

Maria Di RolloGina

Luciano Pigozzi

Luciano Pigozzi

Maria Di FioriGiovanna, Cesare's wife

Emilia MaritiniLuisa's mother

Angelo BigioniLuigi

Angelo VisentinAntonio Pilon

Maria SittoroNatale's mother

Luisa AlessandriSignora Baj

Giuseppe MartiniLuisa's father

Crew

Cesare Zavattini

Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay

Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De SicaDirector

Carlo Montuori

Carlo MontuoriDirector of Photography

Eraldo Da Roma

Eraldo Da RomaEditor

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