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A Hero of Our Times (1955) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1955 · 85 mins · Italian
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- Directed by
- Mario Monicelli
- Starring
- Alberto Lattuada, Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Mino Doro, Giulio Calì, Giovanna Ralli
Alberto Menichetti shares a modest home with his aunt and the elderly housekeeper Clotilde. He works for a firm whose widowed manager, Mrs. De Ritis—her husband having died in a wild‑boar hunt—takes a fancy to him. Alberto, however, is infatuated with the teenage Marcella and plans to confess his feelings on her birthday. His chronic timidity and selfishness lead him into a series of mishaps.
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