A Man of Straw
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A Man of Straw is a 1958
Italian
drama film
directed by Pietro Germi
. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival
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1958 in film
The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946....
Italian
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Pietro Germi
Pietro Germi
Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival
1958 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Marcel Achard * Tomiko Asabuki *Bernard Buffet *Jean De Baroncelli *Helmut Käutner *Dudley Leslie *Madeleine Robinson *Ladislao Vajda *Charles Vidor...
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Cast
- Pietro GermiPietro GermiPietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
- Andrea - Franca BettoiaFranca BettoiaFranca Bettoia is an Italian actress.Born in Rome, she made her first film appearance in Un palco all'opera . The following year she appeared in Los amantes del desierto Franca Bettoia (or Bettoja; born 14 May 1936) is an Italian actress.Born in Rome, she made her first film appearance in Un palco...
- Rita - Luisa Della Noce - Luisa
- Edoardo Nevola - Giulio
- Saro UrzìSaro UrzìSaro Urzì, was an Italian actor.-Biography:Born in Sicilia, he moved to Rome to seek his fortune....
- Beppe - Romolo Giordani - Caporetto
- Luciano Marin - Gino
- Mirella Monti - Rita's mother
- Renato Montalbano - Rita's boyfriend
- Milly
- Bruna Cealti
- Anna Gruber
- Ida Masetti
- Marcella RovenaMarcella RovenaMarcella Rovena was an Italian film and voice actress. Born in Conegliano, she started her career on the big screen in 1932 with director Nunzio Malasomma in the film La telefonista.-Selected filmography:...