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directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It won an award at the Venice Film Festival.

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* The voice of the narrator is

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. When Sordi worked on the film he had just finished dubbing the ''

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'' with main characters Laurel and Hardy. * Various sequences of the Italian neo-realist film ''Prima Comunione'' were filmed on the exterior double stair of the Church of Santi Domenico e Sisto, the university church of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum''. * ''Prima comunione'' has been put on the list of the ''

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''.Rete degli Spettatori

Cast

Aldo Fabrizi Aldo Fabrizi (; born Aldo Fabbrizi; 1 November 1905 – 2 April 1990) was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and comedian, best known for the role of the heroic priest in Roberto Rossellini's ''Rome, Open City'' and as partner of Totò in ...

as Mr. Carloni *

Gaby Morlay Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.

as Maria Carloni *

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as Signorina Ludovisi *

Lucien Baroux Lucien Baroux (born Marcel Lucien Barou; 21 September 1888 in Toulouse – 21 May 1968 in Hossegor) was a French actor. He began his career working in the theatre, moving on to a long career in films from the 1930s. In the field of musical comed ...

as The Archbishop *

Enrico Viarisio Enrico Viarisio (3 December 1897 – 1 November 1967) was an Italian theatre and cinema actor. Biography Equipped of a fine and elegant humour, Viarisio was discovered by actress Paola Pezzaglia Paolina Pezzaglia Greco (13 September 1886 &ndas ...

as L'uomo del filobus * Andreina Mazzotto as Anna Carloni * Adriana Gallandt as Antonia, la cameriera *

Ernesto Almirante Ernesto Almirante (24 September 1877 – 13 December 1964) was an Italian film and stage actor. Life and career Born in Mistretta into a family of actors, Almirante worked several years on stage along his father Nunzio. He was also active as a ...

as L'invitato anziano *

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as Inquilino con scarpe rumorose *

Lauro Gazzolo Lauro Gazzolo (born Ilario Gazzolo; 15 October 1900 – 2 October 1970) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Nervi in Genoa, Gazzolo began his career on screen in 1938 starring in the comedy film ''The Document'' and bec ...

as Cliente che compro l'uovo pasquale *

Max Elloy Max Elloy (5 May 1900 – 16 January 1975) was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1967. Filmography * ''Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) - Max * ''Défense d'aimer'' (1942) - Le voyageur affamé * ''Feu Nicolas'' (194 ...

as Lo spazzino * Jean Tissier as Il medico sul taxi *

Amedeo Trilli Amedeo Trilli (9 July 1906 – 30 November 1971) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Ronciglione, Viterbo, at very young age Trilli worked as a circus artist, then in 1922 he studied performance at the Accademia ...

as Il vigile urbano (as Amedeo Novelli) *

Dante Maggio Dante Maggio (2 March 1909 – 3 March 1992) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 115 films between 1940 and 1975. Born in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio had a turbulent adolescence that led his father to send him in an institu ...

as Metropolitano che regola il trafico *

Carlo Romano Carlo Romano (8 May 1908 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter. Biography Born in Livorno, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his acting ...

as Il tassista

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* 1950 films 1950s Italian-language films 1950 comedy films Films directed by Alessandro Blasetti Films set in Rome Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico Films with screenplays by Cesare Zavattini Italian comedy films Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub