Side Street Story

Year: 1950

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: Italian

Comedy

A satirical war comedy set on a Naples side‑street from 1940 to 1950, charting everyday life under Fascist, Nazi and Allied occupation. The story follows Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo), whose naïve mischief lands him in trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto), a rail‑sweeper who turns into a versatile stand‑in—acting as a corpse to hide contraband, serving jail time for others, and filling in at dangerous political rallies—illustrating the absurdities of survival in wartime.

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