Roaring Years

6.8
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 106 min
  • Premiere: 1962. April 21.

In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General) and transported to fascist era Italy, the (supposed) incognito visit of a Roman fascist official to a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.

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Nino Manfredi

Omero Battifiori

Gino Cervi

Salvatore Acquamano

Gastone Moschin

Carmine Passante

Salvo Randone

Il medico antifascista

Angela Luce

Rosa De Bellis

Rosalia Maggio

Donna Nunzia

Giuseppe Ianigro

Nicola De Bellis

Carla Calò

moglie del preside

Dolores Palumbo

signora De Vincenzi

Mario Pisu

gerarca

Enzo Petito

ingegnere del circolo

Alfredo Rizzo

attore che interpreta Menelik

Mario Passante

commerciante fascista

Giulio Marchetti

attore che interpreta il colonizzatore italiano

Fanfulla

attore che interpreta la perfida Albione

Luigi Leoni

contadino

Anita Durante

madre di Omero

Ruggero Pignotti

Aurelio Bitetto, direttore scolastico

Lino Crispo

banditore

Salvatore Porcaro

Luggage Porter (uncredited)

Art

Piero Poletto

Production Design

Nedo Azzini

Set Decoration

Camera

Luigi Filippo Carta

Camera Operator

Carlo Carlini

Director of Photography

Ruggero Radicchi

Assistant Camera

Enrico Santelli

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Piero Gherardi

Costume Supervisor

Nicla Palombi

Hairstylist

Lucia Mirisola

Costume Design

Franco Palombi

Makeup Artist

Directing

Luigi Zampa

Director

Anna Maria Montanari

Script Supervisor

Roberto Pariante

Second Assistant Director

Paolo Bianchini

First Assistant Director

Editing

Marcella Benvenuti

Assistant Editor

Production

Renato Jaboni

Production Manager

Franco Lazazzara

Production Secretary

Carlo Bartolini

Unit Manager

Achille Piazzi

Producer

Sound

Piero Piccioni

Conductor

Manlio Urbani

Boom Operator

Piero Piccioni

Original Music Composer

Writing

Nikolai Gogol

Theatre Play

Luigi Zampa

Screenplay

Ettore Scola

Screenplay

Ruggero Maccari

Screenplay