29 September 1956 Drama 97 mins
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.
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Gabriella Pallotta as Luisa Pilon
Giorgio Listuzzi as Natale Pilon, Luisa's husband
Gastone Renzelli as Cesare, Luisa's brother-in-law
Maria Di Rollo as Gina
Maria Di Fiori as Giovanna, Cesare's wife
Emilia Maritini as Luisa's mother
Angelo Bigioni as Luigi
Angelo Visentin as Antonio Pilon
Maria Sittoro as Natale's mother
Luisa Alessandri as Signora Baj
Giuseppe Martini as Luisa's father
Cesare Zavattini Screenplay
Cesare Zavattini Story
Pasquale Misiano Production Secretary
Elmo De Sica Production Secretary
Goffredo Bellisario Camera Operator
Dario Regis Assistant Camera
Luisa Alessandri First Assistant Director
Franco Montemurro First Assistant Director
Grazia Campori Script Supervisor
Kurt Doubrowsky Sound
Emilio Rosa Sound
G.B. Poletto Still Photographer
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France 10 May 1956
Italy 29 September 1956
United States 12 May 1959
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