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7 October 1953 (USA)
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Based on Nikolai Gogol's story with the location changed from Russia to Italy and the time changed to the present (1952)...
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Il Cappotto (The Overcoat) (1952)
(From Planet Fury. 9 March 2012, 8:45 AM, PST)
Daily Briefing. Previewing Sundance 2012
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The Overcoat
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(From Planet Fury. 9 March 2012, 8:45 AM, PST)
Daily Briefing. Previewing Sundance 2012
(From MUBI. 20 January 2012, 5:32 AM, PST)
The Overcoat
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Coat of many bummers
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Cast
(in credits order) | Renato Rascel | ... | Carmine De Carmine |
| Yvonne Sanson | ... | Caterina |
| Giulio Stival | ... | Il sindaco |
| Ettore Mattia | ... | Il segretario generale |
| Giulio Calì | ... | Il sarto |
| Olinto Cristina | ||
| Anna Carena | ... | L'affittacamere (as Anna Maria Carena) |
| Sandro Somarè | ... | Il fidanzato di Vittoria |
| Luigi Moneta | ||
| Silvio Bagolini | ... | Il venditore ambulante |
| Dina Perbellini | ||
| Loris Gizzi | ||
| Mario Crippa | ||
| Alfredo Ragusa | ||
| Nino Marchetti | (as Nino Marchetti) | |
| Mimo Billi | (as Mimmo Billi) | |
| Riccardo Legioni | ||
| Gondrano Trucchi | ||
| Angela Bevilacqua | ||
| Paolo Reale | ||
| Giovanni Ranucci | ||
| Antonella Lualdi | ... | Vittoria, la figlia del sindaco |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Gianni Bonos | ... | (uncredited) |
| Luigi Bonos | ... | (uncredited) |
| Vittorio Bonos | ... | (uncredited) |
| Claudio Ermelli | ... | Il fotografo (uncredited) |
| Marco Tulli | ... | (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Alberto Lattuada | |||
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| Alberto Lattuada | (adaptation and screenplay) & | |
| Giorgio Prosperi | (adaptation and screenplay) & | |
| Giordano Corsi | (adaptation and screenplay) & | |
| Enzo Curreli | (adaptation and screenplay) (as Enzo Currelli) & | |
| Luigi Malerba | (adaptation and screenplay) & | |
| Leonardo Sinisgalli | (adaptation and screenplay) & | |
| Cesare Zavattini | (adaptation and screenplay) | |
| Nikolai Gogol | story "The Overcoat" (uncredited) | |
Produced by | |||
| Antonio Ansaldo-Patti | .... | producer | |
| Enzo Curreli | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Felice Lattuada | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Mario Montuori | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Eraldo Da Roma | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Gianni Polidori | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Sergio Baldacchini | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Dario Cecchi | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Amalia Paoletti | .... | hair stylist | |
| Eligio Trani | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Enzo Curreli | .... | unit manager (as Enzo Currelli) | |
| Marco Ferreri | .... | assistant production manager | |
| Bianca Lattuada | .... | production manager | |
| Alfredo Mirabile | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Aldo Buzzi | .... | assistant director | |
| Guidarino Guidi | .... | assistant director | |
| Luigi Malerba | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Leonardo Sinisgalli | .... | artistic consultant | |
Sound Department | |||
| Eraldo Giordani | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Alfio Contini | .... | assistant camera | |
| Cesare Fraschetti | .... | assistant camera | |
| Silvio Fraschetti | .... | assistant camera | |
| Mario Melloni | .... | still photographer (as Mario Meloni) | |
| Amerigo Paiolo | .... | camera operator | |
| Renato Pietrini | .... | chief electrician | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Maria Fanetti | .... | wardrobe | |
Other crew | |||
| Enrico Catalucci | .... | laboratory technician (as E. Catalucci) | |
| Riccardo Ghione | .... | script supervisor | |
| Franco Solitario | .... | location manager | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Times Distributing (USA)
- Times Film Corporation (1953) (USA) (subtitled)
- Titanus Distribuzione
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"Il cappotto" - Italy (original title)
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95 min | Italy:101 min
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*** This review may contain spoilers ***
SPOILER below!
This Gogol-drawn seriocomedy about a poor scrivener who can't get no respect—and eventually dies from pneumonia when the warm coat he'd so desperately needed is stolen from him (sorry for the spoiler but it's obvious very early on that the story is headed thataway)--is well-crafted but somewhat dated. Not so much in technique, but in the heavy-handedness with which all the protagonist's harassers (especially his pompous bosses) are caricatured, and the tears-of-a- clown schtick star Renato Rascel is allowed to indulge. He's decent enough, but there are times when you realize the film is just stopping to let him do the comic business local audiences would have then expected from a popular comedian, even in a change-of-pace more serious vehicle. Coming just after "Variety Lights," a success for himself and debuting co-director Fellini, "The Overcoat" shows some of director Alberto Lattuada's trademark strengths in depicting social milieus. He did a better job a decade alter with "Mafioso," which also got a much superior performance from another comedian in a more dramatic role—Alberto Sordi.