Everybody Go Home (1960)
"Tutti a casa" (original title)

Director:

Luigi Comencini

Writers:

Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli,

Stars:

Alberto Sordi, Eduardo De Filippo, Serge Reggiani

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alberto Sordi	...	Lt. Alberto Innocenzi
Eduardo De Filippo	...	Signor Innocenzi
Serge Reggiani	...	Geniere Assunto Ceccarelli
Martin Balsam	...	Sergente Quintino Fornaciari
Alex Nicol	...	Dan Al Toback - American soldier
Carla Gravina	...	Silvia Modena - the Jewish girl
Didi Perego	...	Caterina Brisigoni - the black marketeer
Claudio Gora	...	Colonnello
Mario Feliciani	...	Capitano Passerini
Jole Mauro	...	Teresa - Fornaciari's wife
Mac Ronay	...	Evaristo Brisigoni
Vincenzo Musolino	...	Primo Fascista
Mario Frera	...	Secondo Fascista
Silla Bettini	...	Tenente Di Fazio
Mino Doro	...	Maggiore Nocella

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

italian army | armistice | civil war | nazi occupation | world war two in italy | 

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Taglines:

ALBERTO SORDI as the soldier who wouldn't fight...until he found the enemy!

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Genres:

War | Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

27 October 1960 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Everybody Go Home

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Orsay Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nino Manfredi was supposed to be cast as Ceccarelli, but this proposal was refused by Alberto Sordi, because he wanted to be the only comedian in the movie.

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Connections

Referenced in 1960 (2010)

User Reviews

realistic tragicomedy of Italy's occupation under Nazi troops

A historical premises.... After the armistice of the 8 th September 1943, Italys defeated army literally collapsed.Italy effectively had switched sides in the world war alliances,allied with USA against Nazi Germany,leaving many Italian army units in the lurch....and the Nazi German army invasion a few weeks later! Some units joined the the Anglo-Americans and valiantly fought with them,a few more joined the Fachist militias of the Salò regime in Northern Italy sustained by Nazi troops which together perpetuated massacres of civilians. However a large number of Italian army units,just melted like snow in a sunny spring day,disappearing or rather deserting in mass,prefering like the title of the film "..to return home". The films spirit is basically about a strong desire of war weary soldiers to return back home to their families. Something which apparently would seem an easy task....but not in this film!!

This film retaining a deep tragic undertone has also some hilarious scenes of the more tragi-comical style,which was typical of the post neo-realistic film scripts of Italian cinema in the 1950's and 1960's,(The best period of Italian cinema).An absolute "must see film" for Italo-philes and fans of Italian cinema.Strangely enough,this film has never been much appreciated in Italy,and it is hard to find as video-cassette both for renting or buying.My vote 9.