The read
A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 447 1960s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Sweet-sour comedy on Italy's 1950s rage to get rich as fast as possible! The businessman wants to satisfy his wife's craving for luxury and a "respectable life" so he becomes heavily indebted. In desperation he agrees to sell a precious part of his body for a large sum of money. But just before the crucial operation he panics...
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
65 audience votes
Key crew
- Vittorio De SicaDirector
- Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
- Piero PiccioniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alberto SordiGiovanni Alberti
- Gianna Maria CanaleSilvia Alberti
- Ettore GeriMr. Bausetti
- Elena NicolaiMrs. Bausetti
- Mariolina BovoMrs. Faravalli
- Gloria CerviMrs. Baratti
- Sandra VeraniMrs. Dronazzi
- Sandro MerliDronazzi
- Maria Grazia BuccellaCast
- John KarlsenCast
- Alfio VitaCast
- Antonio MambrettiCast
Stills
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1965
Shares: Alberto Sordi · Comedy · 1960s
Themes
italyeyeglasseselevator
The Best Movies of 1963
The Boom is #18 of 60
