Difficult Years ( Anni difficili ) ( Credere, obbedire, combattere (The Little Man) )

Difficult Years (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Anni difficili
Alternate Title: Credere, obbedire, combattere (The Little Man)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Luigi Zampa

Written By:
Vitaliano Brancati
Arthur Miller

Actors:
Umberto Spadaro ..... Aldo Piscitello
Ave Ninchi ..... Rosina Piscitello
Delia Scala ..... Elena
Massimo Girotti ..... Giovanni
Ernesto Almirante ..... Il nonno / Grandpa
Milly Vitale ..... Maria
Enzo Biliotti ..... Il podestà / The Baron
Carlo Sposito ..... Riccardo
Loris Gizzi ..... Il ministro / The Fascist minister
Aldo Silvani ..... Il farmacista / The pharmacist
Giovanni Grasso ..... L'avvocato Mascoli
Olinto Cristina ..... Il dottor Rapisardo
Raniero De Cenzo
Agostino Salvietti
Giuseppe Nicolosi

Synopsis:

The Difficult Years is another uncompromising neorealist exercise by Italian filmmaker Luigi Zampa. The title refers to the years that Italy spent under the thumb of fascism. It is Zampa's thesis that the majority of Italian citizens preferred to ignore Mussolini's trampling of human rights and his ever-increasing megalomania, so long as they were left in peace. Umberto Spadaro stars as Aldo Piscitello, an utterly apolitical government clerk who joins the Fascist Party to maintain his job security and keep his wife happy. After the war, the hapless Aldo is accused of being a fanatical follower of fascism. Though innocent of this charge, he is certainly guilty of not speaking up when it would have done the most good.

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.

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