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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 72.2 / 100
1971·Comedy / Drama·1h 42m

WHY?

Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Swiden, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why?

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Nanni Loy·DirectorSergio Amidei·ScreenplayEmilio Sanna·ScreenplaySergio D'Offizi·Director of PhotographyCarlo Rustichelli·Original Music ComposerFranco Fraticelli·Editor
Cast
Alberto Sordi·Giuseppe Di NoiElga Andersen·IngridAndrea Aureli·GuardiaNazzareno Natale·Saverio GuardascioneMichele Gammino·Don PaoloLino Banfi·Direttore del carcere di SaguntoLuca Sportelli·Agente del carcere di SaguntoTano Cimarosa·Agente del carcere di SaguntoSilvio Spaccesi·Maresciallo carcere di SaguntoGiovanni Pallavicino·Brigadiere Saporito del carcere di Sagunto
Full Crew
(28 credits)
Directing· 3
Nanni Loy·DirectorFranco Lo Cascio·First Assistant DirectorAnna Maria Montanari·Script Supervisor
Writing· 3
Sergio Amidei·ScreenplayEmilio Sanna·ScreenplayRodolfo Sonego·Story
Camera· 3
Sergio D'Offizi·Director of PhotographyGiovanni Bergamini·Camera OperatorEnrico Lucidi·Assistant Camera
Editing· 3
Franco Fraticelli·EditorLuigi Zita·Assistant EditorPierluigi Leonardi·Assistant Editor
Sound & Music· 4
Carlo Rustichelli·Original Music ComposerBruno Nicolai·ConductorMario Amari·Sound MixerMassimo Iabone·Sound
Art & Design· 5
Gianni Polidori·Production DesignBruna Parmesan·Costume DesignMarisa Crimi·Costume DesignFranco Rufini·Makeup ArtistDino Leonetti·Set Decoration
Production· 6
Gianni Hecht Lucari·ProducerFausto Saraceni·Executive ProducerPaolo Vandini·Production SecretaryClaudio Saraceni·Production AccountantAgostino Pane·Unit ManagerRenato Jaboni·Production Manager
Other Departments· 1
Marcella Favella·Hairstylist
By the Numbers
72.2
OF 100
Master Score
7.5
OF 10
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