The comedy, centered on five characters (Rita, Rodolfo, Agostino, Bettina, and Don Attilio - "o viecchio pazzo"-), has as background the Italy of the 60s between the economic boom and the perennial unemployment crisis. The cylinder, well explained by "Agostino-Eduardo" in the comedy, is a representation of power, designed to intimidate the ignorant for its only evocative "power". It can also be seen as a sort of "Pirandellian mask", where the character of Augustine wears it to defend himself and represent something that he is not.
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Eduardo De Filippo
Agostino Muscariello
Known for
Christmas at the Cupiello Household
Everybody Go Home!
Monica Vitti
Rita
Known for
L'Avventura
Red Desert
Luca De Filippo
Rodolfo
Known for
Twice Born
But Forever in My Mind
Pupella Maggio
Bettina
Known for
Amarcord
Cinema Paradiso
Vincenzo Salemme
Known for
Us in the U.S.
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri
Linda Moretti
Known for
The Postman
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Marzio Honorato
Known for
The Professor
One Man Up
Eduardo De Filippo Director
First release January 1, 1978 · Produced in Italy
Production
Italy
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · January 1, 1978
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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