Difficult Years

Difficult Years

110 mins | Drama | Dec. 28, 1948

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.

Difficult Years

110 mins | Drama | Dec. 28, 1948

Difficult Years
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Briguglio Film
Original title Anni difficili
Directors Francesco De Feo, Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Zampa
Writers Franco Evangelisti, Enrico Fulchignoni, Vitaliano Brancati, Sergio Amidei

Cast

Umberto Spadaro

as Aldo Piscitello

Ave Ninchi

as Rosina Piscitello

Enzo Biliotti

as Il podestà

Massimo Girotti

as Giovanni Piscitello

Delia Scala

as Elena Piscitello

Ernesto Almirante

as Il nonnino

Aldo Silvani

as Il farmacista

Miro Zonda

as Il federale

Milly Vitale

as Maria, the pharmacist's niece

Giovanni Grasso

as Mascoli

Olinto Cristina

as Sacchi

Agostino Salvietti

as Fegarotta

Raniero De Cenzo

as Rapisarda

Carlo Sposito

as Riccardo, the Baron's son

Giuseppe Nicolosi

as Cascarà

Loris Gizzi

as Il Ministro

Ermanno Randi

as Turi

Rosetta Calavetta

as Elena (voice)

Sandro Ruffini

as Narrator, Italian original version