The Roof

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home.

• Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
• Vittorio De SicaDirector
• Alessandro CicogniniOriginal Music Composer

• Gabriella PallottaLuisa Pilon
• Giorgio ListuzziNatale Pilon, Luisa's husband
• Gastone RenzelliCesare, Luisa's brother-in-law
• Maria Di RolloGina
• Luciano PigozziCast
• Maria Di FioriGiovanna, Cesare's wife
• Emilia MaritiniLuisa's mother
• Angelo BigioniLuigi
• Angelo VisentinAntonio Pilon
• Maria SittoroNatale's mother
• Luisa AlessandriSignora Baj
• Giuseppe MartiniLuisa's father