Bread, Love and Dreams
6.9
“...the stuff great entertainment is made of!”
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
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4 films
Cast
24 people
Vittorio De Sica
Maresciallo Carotenuto
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General Della Rovere
The Earrings of Madame de...
Gina Lollobrigida
La Bersagliera
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Marisa Merlini
Annarella
Known for
The Traffic Policeman
The Great Silence
Tina Pica
Caramella
Known for
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Il conte Max
Maria Pia Casilio
Paoletta
Known for
Three Men and a Leg
Umberto D.
Memmo Carotenuto
Carabiniere Baiocchi
Known for
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Umberto D.
Roberto Risso
Carabiniere Stelluti
Also in
Gladiator of Rome
The Suitcase of Dreams
Virgilio Riento
Don Emidio
Known for
Miracle in Milan
Totó in color
Vittoria Crispo
Madre della Bersagliera
Known for
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Guglielmo Barnabò
Il sindaco
Known for
Miracle in Milan
Robinson Crusoeland
Gigi Reder
Ricuccio
Known for
Fantozzi
Fracchia The Human Beast
Mario Meniconi
Matteo
Known for
The Band of Honest Men
The Sign of Venus
Luigi Comencini Director · Ettore Maria Margadonna Screenplay Alessandro Cicognini Composer
United States release September 20, 1954 · Produced in Italy · Original title Pane, amore e fantasia
Production
Titanus
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Pane, amore e fantasia
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 22, 1953
Theatrical
United States · September 20, 1954
Theatrical
Argentina
March 13, 1954 · Theatrical · (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Denmark
October 7, 1954 · Theatrical
Finland
April 29, 1955 · Theatrical
France
May 19, 1954 · Theatrical
Germany
June 23, 1954 · Theatrical · (Berlin International Film Festival)
Hungary
August 6, 1959 · Theatrical
Japan
July 26, 1955 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 21, 1955 · Theatrical
August 20, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
November 29, 1954 · Theatrical
Russia
October 15, 1956 · Theatrical
South Africa
May 20, 1955 · Theatrical
Spain
April 17, 1954 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 14, 1955 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 27, 1954 · Theatrical · (Rated A)
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