''Side Street Story'' ( , meaning "Millionaire Naples") is a 1950 Italian

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directed by

Eduardo De Filippo Eduardo De Filippo OMRI (; 26 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan language, Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and ...

, who wrote upon which the film is based. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

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, 1942. People are in crisis due to the

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. Gennaro has a café and hopes that the family will help him with the work so that it can settle down. His wife is engaged in the Black Market to help keep them going, and one thing leads to another. His son Amedeo, however, envisions revolutions and the redemption of the poor. Peppe is killed in a tragic accident while being arrested during street violence, an event which is not seen in the play. Gennaro's family mysteriously enters into a crisis and, among various other adventures and sad situations, Pasquale, a family member believed to be dead, comes onto the scene. Though not in the original stage piece, the part of Pasquale was written specifically for the actor Totò.

Cast

– Gennaro Iovine * Leda Gloria – Amalia, la moglie di Gennaro * Delia Scala – Maria Rosaria Iovine, la figlia di Gennaro *

Gianni Musy Giovanni "Gianni" Musy (3 August 1931 – 7 October 2011) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Milan, the son of actors Enrico Glori and Gianna Pacetti, he started working as a child actor at eleven years old and studied at ...

– Amedeo Iovine figlio di Gennaro (as Gianni Glori) *

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il principe della risat ...

– Pasquale Miele * Titina De Filippo – Adelaide * Carlo Ninchi – Il brigadiere di Ps * Dante Maggio – Il rosticciere * Laura Gore – La moglie del ragionier Spasiani *

Mario Soldati Mario Soldati (17 November 1906 – 19 June 1999) was an Italian writer and film director. In 1954, he won the Strega Prize for ''Lettere da Capri.'' He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Italian actresses, s ...

– Il ragioner Spasiani *

Aldo Giuffrè Aldo Giuffrè (10 April 1924 – 26 June 2010) was an Italian film actor and comedian who appeared in over 90 films between 1948 and 2001. He was the brother of actor Carlo Giuffrè. He is known for his roles in '' The Four Days of Naples'', ...

– Federico * Carlo Mazzoni – Il sergente americano * Michael Tor – L'ufficiale americano * Aldo Tonti * Pietro Carloni – Un soldato americano * Mario Frera – Peppe "'o Cricco" * Pietro Pennetti – Un soldato * Giacomo Rondinella – Il cantante di concertino * Rosita Pisano – Assunta * Concetta Palumbo – Riruccia * Mariano Englen * Carlo Giuffrè – Ernesto * Nino Vingelli – Giovanni

References

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* * 1950 films 1950 comedy films Films scored by Nino Rota 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films based on works by Eduardo De Filippo Films directed by Eduardo De Filippo Films set in Naples Italian comedy films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub