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The Overcoat is a 1952 Italian fantasy-drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada
. It is based on a short tale of the same name
written by Nikolai Gogol
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to Renato Rascel for the creation of the leading character. The film was also entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival
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Alberto Lattuada
Alberto Lattuada was an Italian film director.Lattuada was born in Milan, the son of composer Felice Lattuada...
. It is based on a short tale of the same name
The Overcoat
"The Overcoat" is the title of a short story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story and its author have had great influence on Russian literature, thus spawning Fyodor Dostoyevsky's famous quote: "We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'." The story has been...
written by Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...
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Plot
The story of a very poor city-hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is to own a new overcoat.Cast
- Renato RascelRenato RascelRenato Ranucci, in art Renato Rascel was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972...
- Carmine De Carmine - Yvonne SansonYvonne SansonYvonne Sanson was a Greek film actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1946 and 1972 and she mainly worked in Italy.-Selected filmography:* Flesh Will Surrender * Campane a martello...
- Caterina - Giulio Stival - Il sindaco
- Ettore Mattia - Il segretario generale
- Giulio CalìGiulio CalìGiulio Calì was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 64 films between 1941 and 1966.-Selected filmography:* La porta del cielo * Variety Lights * Cops and Robbers...
- Il sarto - Olinto CristinaOlinto CristinaOlinto Cristina was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 75 films between 1932 and 1957. He also was a renowned dubber in Italian post-synchronized versions of foreign films, providing his voice for actors such as C. Aubrey Smith, Sig Ruman, Frank Morgan or Lionel Barrymore...
- Anna Carena - L'affittacamere (as Anna Maria Carena)
- Sandro Somarè - Il fidanzato di Vittoria
- Luigi Moneta
- Silvio BagoliniSilvio BagoliniSilvio Bagolini was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 137 films between 1936 and 1973.-Selected filmography:* Variety Lights * The Overcoat * Il viale della speranza...
- Il venditore ambulante - Dina Perbellini
- Loris Gizzi
- Mario Crippa
- Alfredo Ragusa
- Nino MarchettiNino MarchettiNino Marchetti was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1934 and 1973. He was married to the actress Celeste Almieri.-Selected filmography:* Latin Lovers...
(as Nino Marchetti)
Awards
Special Nastro d'ArgentoNastro d'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics...
to Renato Rascel for the creation of the leading character. The film was also entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival
1952 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:The jury at this festival was all French.*Maurice Genevoix *Tony Aubin*Mme. Georges Bidault*Pierre Billon*Chapelain-Midy *Louis Chauvet *A...
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