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The Roof (1956)
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Drama · 1h 37m
Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This film follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home.
Cast
Gabriella Pallotta
Luisa Pilon
G
Giorgio Listuzzi
Natale Pilon, Luisa's husband
Gastone Renzelli
Cesare, Luisa's brother-in-law
M
Maria Di Rollo
Gina
Luciano Pigozzi
M
Maria Di Fiori
Giovanna, Cesare's wife
E
Emilia Maritini
Luisa's mother
A
Angelo Bigioni
Luigi
A
Angelo Visentin
Antonio Pilon
M
Maria Sittoro
Natale's mother
L
Luisa Alessandri
Signora Baj
G
Giuseppe Martini
Luisa's father
Crew
- Director
- Vittorio De Sica
- Screenplay
- Cesare Zavattini
- Director of Photography
- Carlo Montuori
- Original Music Composer
- Alessandro Cicognini
- Editor
- Eraldo Da Roma
- Producer
- Vittorio De Sica
Details
- Original title
- Il tetto
- Release date
- 1956-09-29
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Titanus, Produzioni De Sica