''E le stelle stanno a guardare'' is a 1971 Italian adaptation of

A. J. Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981), known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish doctor who serves in a Welsh mining village before achievi ...

's 1935 novel ''

The Stars Look Down ''The Stars Look Down'' is a 1935 novel by A. J. Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English coal mining community. A film version was released in 1940, and television adaptations include both Italian (1971) and British (1975) ve ...

''. It was written and directed by

Anton Giulio Majano Anton Giulio Majano (5 July 1909 – 12 August 1994) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. His career spanned from 1937 to 1986. Selected filmography Director and screenwriter * '' The Eternal Chain'' (1952) * '' Good Folk's Sund ...

and was produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana. The miniseries was a massive success, averaging about 20 million viewers per episode.

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* Andrea Checchi: Robert Fenwick *

Orso Maria Guerrini Orso Maria Guerrini (born 25 October 1942) is an Italian film, television and stage actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Florence, Guerrini started his career with several small roles in Spaghetti Westerns and genre films. He became ...

: David Fenwick *

Anna Miserocchi Anna Miserocchi (26 June 1925 - 18 March 1988) was an Italian stage, film, television and voice actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Miserocchi spent her childhood and adolescence in Italian Eritrea, where she had a journalistic apprentices ...

: Martha Fenwick * Giancarlo Giannini: Arthur Barras *

Anna Maria Guarnieri Anna Maria Guarnieri (born 20 August 1933, in Milan) is an Italian actress, notable for her work in theatre and film and as a voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an ...

: Jenny Sunley *

Loretta Goggi Loretta Goggi ( born 29 September 1950) is an Italian singer, actress, comedian and TV host. Goggi is also an acclaimed singer and her records have sometimes entered the Italian pop charts. She was the first runner-up at the 1981 ''Festival del ...

: Grace Barras * Adalberto Maria Merli: Joe Gowlan * Scilla Gabel: Laura Millington *

Enzo Tarascio Enzo is an Italian given name derivative of the German name Heinz. It can be used also as the short form for Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Innocenzo, or Fiorenzo. It is most common in the Romance-speaking world, particularly in Italy and Latin America but ...

: Richard Barras *

Laura Carli Laura Carli (29 May 1906 – 15 August 2005) was an Italian actress and dubber. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1944 to 1974. Selected filmography References External links * 1906 births 2005 deaths Italian film act ...

: zia Carol *

Roberto Chevalier Roberto Chevalier Di Miceli (born 14 May 1952) is an Italian actor and voice actor who is best known for providing the Italian voice of Tom Cruise in most of his movies. Biography Born in Rome, Chevalier entered his profession as a child actor i ...

: Pat Reedy *

Stefano Sibaldi Stefano Sibaldi (June 11, 1905 – July 2, 1996) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Livorno, Sibaldi was considered to be among the most successful of the early actors and dubbers of the 20th century. He began his acting care ...

: Macer *

Gioacchino Maniscalco Gioacchino is a masculine Italian given name, equivalent to the English Joachim. Notable people with the name include: * Gioacchino Assereto (1600–1649), Italian painter * Gioacchino Cocchi (1720–1804), Italian composer * Gioacchino Colombo ...

: Ugo Fenwick * Daniela Goggi: Sally Sunley *

Valentino Macchi Valentino Macchi (4 August 1937 - 19 March 2013) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1962 to 2008. His last appearance was in 2008 and died on March 19, 2013, at his home in Rome Selected filmography *1962: ''Bo ...

: Harry Brice * Franco Volpi: Bebbington *

Romano Malaspina Romano may refer to: Food * Pecorino Romano, a hard, salty Italian cheese * Romano cheese, an American English and Canadian English term for a class of cheeses Places Italy Municipalities in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Latium * Arcinazzo Ro ...

: Henry Kinch * Guido Celano: Harry Morris *

Dario Penne Dario Penne (17 February 1938 – 15 February 2023) was an Italian actor and voice dubbing artist. He dubbed the voices of Anthony Hopkins and Michael Caine in most of their performances, as well as Bender in ''Futurama''. Biography Penne usua ...

: Bert Wicks *

Gianni Mantesi Gianni is an Italian name (occasionally a surname), a short form of the Italian Giovanni and a cognate of John meaning God is gracious. Gianni is the most common diminutive of Giovanni in Italian. People with this given name * Gianni Agnelli (in ...

: Armstrong *

Michele Malaspina Michele Malaspina (16 August 1908 – 13 January 1979) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Bolzaneto, Genoa, the son of two shopkeepers, since childhood Malaspina has a passion for theater and was an actor in a co ...

: Hudspeth *

Luciano Melani Luciano is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese given name and surname. It is derived from Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of '' Lucius'' ("Light"). The French form is '' Lucien'', while the Basque form is '' Luken''. Single name * Luciano (rap ...

: Nugent *

Silvio Noto Silvio Noto (25 December 1926 – 24 October 2000) was an Italian TV and radio presenter, actor and voice actor. Born in Bari, graduated in law, Noto became first known as radio-host after the first World War. He became popular as the host of s ...

: Secondino * Carlo Alighiero: Secondino

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* Italian drama television series Television shows based on British novels 1970s Italian television series 1971 Italian television series debuts Television series set in the 20th century Television shows based on works by A. J. Cronin {{italy-tv-prog-stub

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