Peddlin' in Society
| Peddlin' in Society | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gennaro Righelli |
| Written by | Gennaro Righelli Vittorio Calvino Vittorio De Sica Fabrizio Sarazani Pietro Solari Nicola Fausto Neroni |
| Starring | Anna Magnani Vittorio De Sica |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Gabriele Varriale |
| Music by | Cesare A. Bixio Felice Montagnini |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Peddlin' in Society (Italian: Abbasso la ricchezza!), also known as Down With Riches!, is a 1946 Italian romantic drama film co-written and directed by Gennaro Righelli.[1][2] It is a loose sequel to the 1945 film Down with Misery by the same director and also starring Magnani.
Plot
Street market peddler Gioconda Perfetti becomes rich and moves into a grand house. But, except for a sympathetic Count, everyone she encounters robs or cheats her and she ends up back in the street market.
Cast
- Anna Magnani as Gioconda Perfetti
- Vittorio De Sica as Count Ghirani
- Virgilio Riento as Don Nicola
- Laura Gore as Anna
- Zora Piazza as Lucia Perfetti
- John Garson as Lucky Brandy
- Lauro Gazzolo as Commendator Bardacò
- Giuseppe Porelli as Bonifazio
- Vittorio Mottini as Nino
- Galeazzo Benti as Rorò di Torretia
- Vito Annichiarico as Little Tranquillo
- Domenico Gambino as Tranquillo's Uncle
- Checco Durante as Greengrocer
- Anita Durante as Caterina
- Dina Romano as Marquise of Mendoza
- Enrico Glori as Commissioner
- Edda Soligo as Zefira
- Maria Grazia Francia
References
Bibliography
- Burke, Frank. A Companion to Italian Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.