The Roof (1956)
Il tetto
91 min
Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This film follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home.
- Release date
- September 29, 1956
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
Where to watch
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Cast
- Giorgio Listuzzi as Natale Pilon - Luisa's husband
- Gastone Renzelli as Cesare - Luisa's brother-in-law
- Maria Di Rollo as Gina
- Luciano Pigozzi as Il borgataro prepotente
- Gabriella Pallotta as Luisa Pilon
- Angelo Bigioni as Il maggiore Baj
- Maria Di Fiori as Giovanna - Cesare's wife
- Lina Ferri as La moglie di Francesco
- Aldo Boi as Luigi
- Fernando Gerra as Francesco
Crew
- Vittorio De Sica · Director
- Cesare Zavattini · Writer
- Vittorio De Sica · Producer
- Alessandro Cicognini · Composer
- Carlo Montuori · Cinematographer
- Eraldo Da Roma · Editor
- Gastone Medin · Production designer