Under the Sun of Rome

Under the Sun of Rome
Directed by	Renato Castellani
Written by	Sergio Amidei Renato Castellani Emilio Cecchi Ettore Margadonna Fausto Tozzi
Produced by	Sandro Ghenzi
Cinematography	Domenico Scala
Edited by	Giuliano Betti
Music by	Nino Rota
Production company	Universalcine
Distributed by	Fincine
Release date	2 October 1948 (1948-10-02)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Under the Sun of Rome (Italian: Sotto il sole di Roma) is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Renato Castellani. It was the first film of Castellani's Italian neorealism trilogy about poor people, followed by È primavera... in 1949 and Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner Two Cents Worth of Hope in 1952.

Cast

• Oscar Blando as Ciro
• Liliana Mancini 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 as Fernando
• Luigi Valentini as Romoletto
• Panaccioni as Panaccioni
• Angelo Giacometti as cameriere
• Lorenzo di Marco as contadino

External links

• Sotto il sole di Roma at IMDb