''Roaring Years'' ( it, Gli anni ruggenti) is a
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
comedy film
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directed by
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director.
Biography
Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.
He directed several ...
, set in the 1930s during the
Fascist period of
Benito Mussolini. It stars
Nino Manfredi
Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter.
He was one of the most prominent Italian a ...
and
Gino Cervi
Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules ...
, and was inspired by the satirical comedy "
The Government Inspector
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” by
Nikolai Gogol.
It won Best Feature at the 1962
Locarno International Film Festival
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.
Plot summary
The film portrays the corrupt administration of an
Apulia town during the
Fascist Regime
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy an ...
of 1937, after it has learned, in a roundabout way, of a pending anonymous visit of a government inspector from
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
. The inspector will determine if the administration adhered to the government's strict guidelines for economic and social planning.
The threat of the inspection creates terror in the administrators, who fear their misdeeds will be revealed. Most fearful are those guilty of enriching themselves from public funds, and other abuses. They resort to pathetic staged measures to make it appear that they remained "honest administrators" and "good fascists".
An unsuspecting insurer also coming from Rome, Omero Battifiori, arrives in town for his work and he is mistaken for the inspector. He is made the object of every honour and, of course, he is utterly deceived. Eventually, the real inspector arrives.
Location
The movie was shot entirely in
Ostuni
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and
Alberobello
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.
Cast
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Nino Manfredi
Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter.
He was one of the most prominent Italian a ...
as Omero Battifiori
*
Gino Cervi
Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules ...
as Salvatore Acquamano
*
Michèle Mercier
Michèle Mercier (born 1 January 1939 as Jocelyne Yvonne Renée Mercier) is a French actress. In the course of her career she has worked with leading directors like François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray, Dino Risi, Mario Monic ...
as Elvira Acquamano
*
Gastone Moschin
Gastone Moschin (8 June 1929 – 4 September 2017) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.
Career
Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto (Veneto), Moschin graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and then began ...
as Carmine Passante
*
Salvo Randone
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Born in Syracuse, Sicily, Randone debuted on stage in mid-1920s and, after some years in which he played roles of little w ...
as the
Anti-fascist doctor De Vincenzi
*
Angela Luce
Angela Luce (born 3 December 1938) is an Italian film actress and singer of Neapolitan song. She has appeared in 80 films since 1958. She was born in Naples, Italy.
Partial filmography
* ''La sposa'' (1958) - Margherita
* ''Avventura a Capri'' ...
as Rosa De Bellis
*
Rosalia Maggio
Rosalia Maggio (1 May 1921 – 25 July 1995) was an Italian actress, dancer, singer and showgirl.
Biography
Born in Palermo, she was the daughter of two comedian actors and sister of actors Enzo, Dante, Beniamino and Pupella Maggio. She deb ...
as Nunzia Acquamano
*
Linda Sini
Linda Sini (13 February 1924 – 5 February 1999) was an Italian film actress.
She made 75 appearances between 1950 and 1979 and several appearances after this, mostly in film.
Debuting in '' Sigillo rosso'' in 1950, she went on to star in ...
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Carla Calò
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Annetta Esposito
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Gino Brillante
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Giuseppe Ianigro as Nicola De Bellis
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Gaetano Morino
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Enzo Petito
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Mara Maiello
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Ruggero Pignotti
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Massimo Marchetti
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Lino Crispo
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Mario Passante
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*
Nunzia Fumo
*
Totò Ponti
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Giulio Marchetti
Giulio Marchetti (9 June 1911 – 1 December 1993) was an Italian stage, film and television actor and presenter.
Life and career
Born in Barcelona, Marchetti was the grandson of the operetta actor and comedian Giulio and the son of the theatr ...
*
Livia Grazioli
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Fanfulla
Luigi Visconti, better known by his stage name Fanfulla, (26 February 1913 – 5 January 1971) was an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Visconti debuted at very young age on stage alongside his mother, the actress Merc ...
*
Alfredo Rizzo
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Films set in Italy
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Films set in Apulia
Films shot in Matera
Films about fascists
Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari
Films based on The Government Inspector
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