Originally titled simply Decimo Clandestino, this Lina Wertmuller "miniature" began life as an Italian TV drama. Piera Degli Esposti plays the widowed, impoverished mother of a huge farm family. The woman moves her nine children to Bologna, where their living conditions are deplorable. To avoid a hike in rent, she tells her landlady (Dominique Sanda) that she is living alone. Also known as To Save Nine (a curiously brief English-language title for a Wertmuller film!), IL Decimo Clandestino was expanded from 60 to 90 minutes for its theatrical release.
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Cast
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Piera Degli Esposti
Marcella Baralli
Known for
Il Divo
The Unknown Woman
Dominique Sanda
Dame
Known for
The Crimson Rivers
1900
Carlo Vanzina
Lina Wertmüller
Known for
Welcome Mr. President!
Carlo Tafani
Giovanni Guareschi
Also in
La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia
Hartmut Becker
Herr
Known for
Escape from Sobibor
Triumph of the Spirit
Enrico Vanzina
Also in
Porto Rotondo. The Invented Village
...E Continuano a mangiare Fagioli
Pino D'Angiò
Susanna Marcomeni
Piera
Also in
The Knights of Castelcorvo
I'm Not a Nobody
Pierluigi Leonardi
Giorgio Trestini
Tognone
Known for
Don't Look Now
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Lina Wertmüller Director · Giovanni Guareschi Author Carlo Tafani Cinematographer
First release March 25, 1989 · Produced in Italy · Production Video 80, New International
Production
Reteitalia
Production
Video 80
Production
New International
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Italy
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Original title
Il decimo clandestino
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · March 25, 1989
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 12, 1989 · Cannes Film Festival
Germany
February 5, 1991
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