The Overcoat

Year: 1952

Runtime: 103 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Alberto Lattuada

ComedyFantasyDrama

Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, “The Overcoat” is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.

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