Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home.
Cast
Gabriella Pallotta
Luisa Pilon
Giorgio Listuzzi
Natale Pilon, Luisa's husband
Gastone Renzelli
Cesare, Luisa's brother-in-law
Maria Di Rollo
Gina
Luciano Pigozzi
Unknown
Maria Di Fiori
Giovanna, Cesare's wife
Emilia Maritini
Luisa's mother
Angelo Bigioni
Luigi
Angelo Visentin
Antonio Pilon
Maria Sittoro
Natale's mother
Luisa Alessandri
Signora Baj
Giuseppe Martini
Luisa's father
Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Director, Producer
Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay, Story
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Marcella Benvenuti
Assistant Editor
Carlo Montuori
Director of Photography
Luisa Alessandri
First Assistant Director
Franco Montemurro
First Assistant Director
Roberto Moretti
Production Supervisor
Marcello Girosi
Associate Producer
Gastone Medin
Production Design
Goffredo Bellisario
Camera Operator
Dario Regis
Assistant Camera
Fabrizio Carafa
Costume Design
Lina Cassini
Hairstylist
Michele Trimarchi
Makeup Artist
Kurt Doubrowsky
Sound
Emilio Rosa
Sound
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Ferdinando Ruffo
Set Decoration
G.B. Poletto
Still Photographer
Grazia Campori
Script Supervisor
Nino Misiano
Production Manager
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Pasquale Misiano
Production Secretary
Elmo De Sica
Production Secretary
