In post war Italy during the fifties it is very difficult to find a house to rent and a family ends up living in a former brothel.
Cast
Peppino De Filippo
Giuseppe 'Peppino' Armentano
Totò
Il nonno illuminato
Laura Adani
Maria Armentano, moglie di Peppino
Franca Valeri
Marisa, 'Siberia'
Vittorio Caprioli
Pino Calamari
Cristina Gaïoni
Maria Berta Armentano
Cathia Caro
Bianca Armentano
Marcello Paolini
caporale Nicola Armentano
Mario Valdemarin
Bruciano, il fotografo
Achille Majeroni
Il nonno istriano
George Ardisson
Unknown
Luigi De Filippo
Commilitone di Nicola
Franco Balducci
Unknown
Antoine Nicos
Unknown
Lola Braccini
Mistress of Strange House
Enrico Olivieri
Unknown
Federico Collino
Il Monsignore
Arrigo Peri
Signore Mordini
Giusi Raspani Dandolo
La madre istriana
Leopoldo Valentini
Signore Bossi
Angelo Zanolli
Felice il pugile
Nello Appodia
Uomo all'aeroporto (uncredited)
Adriana Asti
Vittima (uncredited)
Vera Drudi
Signora De Santis (uncredited)
Giuliano Gemma
Pugile (uncredited)
Guido Martufi
Il postino (uncredited)
Mario Meniconi
Venditore di giacche (uncredited)
Romano Milani
Un barelliere (uncredited)
Ada Passeri
Woman in Bar / Vendor (uncredited)
Mimmo Poli
Chicken Vendor (uncredited)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
Narratore (uncredited)
Leonardo Severini
Signor Lubino (uncredited)
Filippo Spoletini
Il traslocatore (uncredited)
Crew
Mauro Bolognini
Director
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Piero De Bernardi
Screenplay
Roberto Cinquini
Editor
Carlo Carlini
Director of Photography
Mariano Laurenti
First Assistant Director
Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
Gastone Carsetti
Production Design, Set Decoration
Mario Garbuglia
Production Design, Set Decoration
Luigi Filippo Carta
Camera Operator
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Orietta Nasalli Rocca
Costume Design
Franco Palombi
Makeup Artist
Oscar De Arcangelis
Sound
Oscar Di Santo
Sound
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Oscar Brazzi
Production Manager
Manolo Bolognini
Unit Manager
Mario De Majo
Theatre Play
Vinicio Gioli
Theatre Play
