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''Under the Sun of Rome'' ( it, Sotto il sole di Roma) is a 1948 Italian
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Renato Castellani Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 in Varigotti, Liguria – 28 December 1985 in Rome) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Early life Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, a hamlet at the time of Final Pia, ...
. It was the first film of Castellani's
Italian neorealism Italian neorealism ( it, Neorealismo), also known as the Golden Age, is a national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class. They are filmed on location, frequently with non-professional actors. They pri ...
trilogy about poor people, followed by '' È primavera...'' in 1949 and
Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
winner ''
Two Cents Worth of Hope ''Two Cents Worth of Hope'' ( it, Due soldi di speranza) is a 1952 film directed by Renato Castellani. It is the third part of Castellani's ''Young Love'' trilogy, following '' Sotto il sole di Roma'' (1948) and '' È primavera...''(1950). It sh ...
'' in 1952.


Cast

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Oscar Blando Oscar Blando (1924–1994) was an Italian film actor. He made his debut after being cast in Renato Castellani's neorealist film ''Under the Sun of Rome'' in 1948. The following year he played the lead in '' Twenty Years'', again alongside actres ...
as Ciro *
Liliana Mancini Liliana Mancini was an Italian film actress. She was briefly a star of the neorealist movement after being cast by Renato Castellani in the 1948 film ''Under the Sun of Rome''. Although she played the female lead in '' Twenty Years'' (1949), she ...
as Iris * Francesco Golisano as Geppa *Ennio Fabeni as Bruno *Alfredo Locatelli as Nerone *Gaetano Chiurazzi as Bellicapelli *Anselmo Di Biagio as Dottorino *Ferruccio Tozzi as Ciro's father *Maria Tozzi as Ciro's mother *Giuseppina Fava as Janitor *Raffaele Caporilli as 'Mbriaschini *Ilario Malaschini as Pirata *Omero Paoloni as Coccolone *Gisella Monaldi as Tosca *
Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the last of five children, Sordi was named in hon ...
as Fernando *Luigi Valentini as Romoletto *Panaccioni as Panaccioni *Angelo Giacometti as cameriere *Lorenzo di Marco as contadino


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* 1948 films 1948 drama films Social realism in film Italian black-and-white films 1940s Italian-language films Films scored by Nino Rota Films directed by Renato Castellani Films set in Rome Films shot in Rome Italian drama films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub