IMDb > Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza (1974)

Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza (1974) More at IMDbPro »


Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   111 votes
MOVIEmeter: ?
Down 42% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Director:
Writers:
Alberto Sordi (story)
Leonardo Benvenuti (writer) ...
more
Release Date:
15 October 1975 (Portugal) more
Genre:
Plot:
Pietro Chiocca shifts from hydraulic pumps to heavy war weapons selling. He starts traveling all around the third world looking for clients... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Hazards(in comical light) of being a world traveling arms merchant more (3 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Alberto Sordi ... Pietro Chiocca
Silvia Monti ... Silvia
Alessandro Cutolo ... Uncle of Silvia
Matilde Costa Giuffrida ... Silvia's mother
Mauro Firmani ... Dicky
Eliana De Santis ... Giada
Fernando Daviddi ... Giovannone
Sergio Puppo
Sami Bahari
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roy Bosier
Marcello Di Falco ... Jeppson
Edy Faietta
Carla Mancini
Lorenzo Piani
more
Create a character page for: ?

Additional Details

Also Known As:
While There's War There's Hope (USA)
more
Runtime:
116 min
Country:
Language:
Color:
Color (Telecolor)
Sound Mix:
Filming Locations:
Company:

FAQ

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Hazards(in comical light) of being a world traveling arms merchant, 10 November 2004
7/10
Author: kristen Skullerud (skulli99@hotmail.com) from Rome, Italy

Pietro, in order to satisfy the cravings for luxury and upper class respectability, of his beautiful wife, changes job from bathroom equipment salesman to arms salesman .....his earnings shoot up, but so does his problems !!!

He increasingly becomes out of touch of his family's obvious enjoyment of their prestigious social status, and selling weapons to petty African dictators(some very funny scenes) is stressful to say the least made worse by the presence of a rival French salesman!

It is a common theme in Alberto Sordi films of men victim to their beautiful wife's whims, to the extent that they sometimes ruin themselves !! Also this obsession of attaining high class 'respectability' is definitely an all Italian phenomena, esp. in the 1950's and 60's.

However Alberto Sordi always manages to make fun, of these national tracts without being overbearing and rhetorical.

The film in the second half , losses direction and becomes a boring,moral and anti-war rhetoric....a pity....with a bit more thought this part of the film could have been made better. But films in those times(1950's & 1960's), in Italy, at least, were quickly written and made on shoe string budgets, hence, the rather silly names to these films.Money had to be made quickly on these films, so little time on the artistic side was dedicated.

I have always felt that a remake could be made of the film,perhaps with Bob Hoskins or Danny de Vito in the role of Pietro. It's one of the few Italian films that could be successfully transposed to a more Anglo-Saxon settings.

It could a real hit !! My vote for the film a generous 7.

Was the above comment useful to you?
more (3 total)

Message Boards

Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza (1974)

Recommendations

If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends:
- - - - -
Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa? Profumo di donna Duel Professione: reporter Chicago
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
Show more recommendations

Related Links

Full cast and crew Company credits IMDb Comedy section
IMDb Italy section Add this title to MyMovies

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.