Piece of the Sky

Piece of the Sky

86 mins | Comedy | Aug. 15, 1958

During a fair, a charlatan is able to sell to a group of retired persons a piece of sky that would give them a quiet place to live well after death. The old men buy the story and decide to commit suicide to get to the corner of heaven that belongs to them.

Piece of the Sky

86 mins | Comedy | Aug. 15, 1958

Piece of the Sky
During a fair, a charlatan is able to sell to a group of retired persons a piece of sky that would give them a quiet place to live well after death. The old men buy the story and decide to commit suicide to get to the corner of heaven that belongs to them.
Producers Cinecittà, Fides, Lux Film, Vides Cinematografica
Original title Un ettaro di cielo
Directors Aglauco Casadio
Writers Aglauco Casadio, Elio Petri, Tonino Guerra

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni

as Severino Balestra

Rosanna Schiaffino

as Marina

Silvio Bagolini

as Germinal

Salvatore Cafiero

as Nicola

Luigi De Martino

as Alfredo

Carlo Pisacane

as Cleto

Polidor

as Pedretti

Aristide Spelta

as Bixio

Marina De Giorgio

as Mary II

Lia Ferrel

as Mary I

Ignazio Leone

as Riccardo

Felice Minotti

as Omero

Leonilde Montesi

as Derna

Nino Vingelli

as Impresario

Nicola Bongiorno

as The Cannon Woman

Franca Droghetti

as The wife

Luigi Scavran

as The fowler

Renato Terra

as The young guard