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Difficult Years

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.

1948 |1h 50m |  Drama

Cast

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Umberto Spadaro

Aldo Piscitello

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Ave Ninchi

Rosina Piscitello

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Enzo Biliotti

Il podestà

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Massimo Girotti

Giovanni Piscitello

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Delia Scala

Elena Piscitello

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Ernesto Almirante

Il nonnino

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Aldo Silvani

Il farmacista

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Milly Vitale

Maria, the pharmacist's niece

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Giovanni Grasso

Mascoli

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Olinto Cristina

Sacchi

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Agostino Salvietti

Fegarotta

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Carlo Sposito

Riccardo, the Baron's son

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Loris Gizzi

Il Ministro

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Ermanno Randi

Turi

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Rosetta Calavetta

Elena (voice)

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Sandro Ruffini

Narrator, Italian original version

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Status

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Language

Italian

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