
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Cast

Massimo Troisi
Mario Ruoppolo

Philippe Noiret
Pablo Neruda

Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Beatrice Russo

Renato Scarpa
Telegrapher

Linda Moretti
Donna Rosa

Mariano Rigillo
Di Cosimo

Anna Bonaiuto
Matilde

Sergio Solli
Peasant

Carlo Di Maio
Priest
Nando Neri
Unknown
Vincenzo Di Sauro
Unknown

Orazio Stracuzzi
Unknown

Alfredo Cozzolino
Di Cosimo's Associate

Simona Caparrini
Elsa Morante (uncredited)

Calogero Azzaretto
Bookseller (uncredited)
Assunta Stacconi
Old Woman in Church (uncredited)

Angelo Casadei
Cinema Spectator (uncredited)
Crew

Michael Radford
Director, Screenplay

Massimo Troisi
Co-Director, Screenplay

Giacomo Scarpelli
Story

Furio Scarpelli
Story

Antonio Skármeta
Novel

Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Rita Triunveri
Assistant Editor
Lidia Pascolini
Assistant Editor

Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Gaia Gorrini
First Assistant Director
Stefano Veneruso
Second Assistant Director
Alberto Passone
Executive Producer

Mario Cecchi Gori
Producer

Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Producer
Gaetano Daniele
Producer
Lorenzo Baraldi
Production Design
Stefano Coletta
Camera Operator
Ernesto Natoli
Assistant Camera
Gianna Gissi
Costume Design
Ferdinando Merolla
Hair Department Head
Alfredo Marazzi
Key Makeup Artist
Léone Noël
Key Makeup Artist
Simone Marazzi
Key Makeup Artist
Ezio Marcorin
Sound Editor, Sound Effects
Alessandra Perpignani
Sound Supervisor
Angelo Raguseo
Sound Mixer
Tullio Arcangeli
Sound Effects
Giulio D'Angeli
Sound Effects
Augusto Penna
Sound Effects
Roberto Sterbini
Sound Effects
Paolo Amici
Sound Effects
Saverio Lancia
Sound Effects
Daniele Masini
Sound Effects
Massimo Loffredi
Sound
Ettore Mancini
Boom Operator

Luis Bacalov
Original Music Composer
Elide Cortesi
Script Supervisor
Giancarlo Bachetti
Electrician
Rolando Marcheggiani
Electrician
Valerio Garzia
Electrician
Alberto Altibrandi
Electrician
Gerardo Ferrara
Stunt Double
Laura Casalini
Assistant Production Design
Elio Bosi
Grip
Piero Bosi
Grip
Vincenzo Testa
Production Manager
Raffaele Veneruso
Unit Manager
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