Peddlin' in Society (1946)
"Abbasso la ricchezza!" (original title)

Thanks to wartime smuggling Gioconda Perfetti, a roman fruit vendor, becomes very rich. She leaves her shop and moves to a magnificent villa which once belonged to a count. She also becomes... See full summary »

Director:

Gennaro Righelli

Stars:

Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica, Virgilio Riento

Cast

Cast overview:
Anna Magnani	...	Gioconda Perfetti
Vittorio De Sica	...	Il conte Ghirani
Virgilio Riento	...	Don Nicola
Laura Gore	...	Anna, la cameriera
Zora Piazza	...	Lucia Perfetti
John Garson	...	Lucky Brandy
Lauro Gazzolo	...	Il commandatore Bardacò
Giuseppe Porelli	...	L'amministratore Bonifazio
Vittorio Mottini	...	Nino
Domenico Gambino	...	Il giardiniere
Galeazzo Benti	...	Rorò di Torretia
Enrico Glori	...	Il commissario
Checco Durante	...	Un frutivendolo
Giuseppe Pierozzi	...	L'appuntato di P.S.

Storyline

Thanks to wartime smuggling Gioconda Perfetti, a roman fruit vendor, becomes very rich. She leaves her shop and moves to a magnificent villa which once belonged to a count. She also becomes involved with some very dubious characters who profit from her ignorance and cheat her out of her money.

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Plot Keywords:

villa | swindler | high society | greengrocer | duke | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

21 December 1946 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Peddlin' in Society

Filming Locations:

SAFIR Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lux Film, Ora Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Of Life and Love (1953)

User Reviews

Blurb.

PEDDLIN' IN SOCIETY (the original title means "Down with Wealth!") is a tour-de-force for Anna Magnani as an erstwhile fruit vendor who finds herself in the lap of luxury when her black-market business pays off more handsomely. She leases an elegant villa from an impoverished count (the superb Vittorio De Sica), wears the most ridiculous hat ever seen in the Italian cinema, and finds out the hard way that instant wealth brings her neither class nor esteem but instead makes her easy prey for the unscrupulous. This thoroughly lightweight dramatic farce is a counterpoint to some of Magnani's much better films of that period: OPEN CITY, AMORE, and L'ONOREVOLE ANGELINA. Director Gennaro Righelli keeps it all going entertainingly. The film is a follow-up to ABBASSO LA MISERIA ("Down with Misery") which he had made with Magnani the year before.