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directed by Filippo Walter Ratti. The film is based on the 1843 novella ''

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Plot

Antonio Trabbi is a greedy old man with a very rough personality and obsessed by money. He deprecates charity and love and has no friends or love interest, being lonely and avoided by people. On Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, who warns him about his life-style and announces the visit of three spirits, who will show Antonio past, present and future

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days. During the night, the three spirits actually appear to Trabbi, showing him his sad past, the bad reputation he has with everyone and the bad outcome of his actions, which will lead him to a lonely death and to terrible punishments in Hell. When Trabbi wakes up he is greatly distressed by the visions and eager to change his life, starting with that very same Christmas Day.

Cast

* Paolo Stoppa as Antonio Trabbi * Guglielmo Barnabò *

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as Rosanna Gennari * Luigi Batzella (as Gigi Batzella) *

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* Lola Braccini as Antonio's mother * Arturo Bragaglia as L'omino * Enzo Cerusico as Antonio as child * Olinto Cristina as Franci * Giorgio De Lullo as The Strange Man in the Pub * Giulio Donnini as Orazio Colussi *

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as The man who poses the riddle at the party * Leda Gloria as Anna Colussi * Susanne Lévesy as Giulia - Daniele's wife * Ellida Lorini as Rosanna as child *

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as Riccardo * Leonilde Montesi *

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as Marta * Luisa Rivelli * Daniela Spallotta * Luigi Tosi as Daniele Trabbi

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* 1953 films 1950s Christmas films 1950s Christmas comedy films Italian Christmas comedy films 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films based on A Christmas Carol 1950s Italian films 1950s and 1960s films about time travel {{Christmas-film-stub

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