When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
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Title: Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
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| Vittorio De Sica | ... | Maresciallo Carotenuto | |
| Gina Lollobrigida | ... | La Bersagliera | |
| Marisa Merlini | ... | Anna Mirziato | |
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Virgilio Riento | ... | Don Emidio |
| Tina Pica | ... | Caramella | |
| Roberto Risso | ... | Carabiniere Stelluti | |
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Vittoria Crispo | ... | Madre della Bersagliera |
| Maria Pia Casilio | ... | Paoletta | |
| Memmo Carotenuto | ... | Carabiniere Baiocchi | |
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Guglielmo Barnabò | ... | Il sindaco |
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Gigi Reder | ... | Ricuccio |
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Mario Meniconi | ... | Matteo |
| Nino Vingelli | ... | Venditore ambulante | |
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Checco Rissone | ... | Barbiere |
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Attilio Torelli | ... | Rumbumbù |
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Marshal Antonio Carotenuto is sent to Sagliena, an imaginary little village in the center of Italy in the '50s, to assume his new mandate. In the village he knows Maria (Frisky) AKA 'la Bersagliera', secretly in love with a policeman (Carabiniere) reporting to Antonio. But also Paoletta, the priest's nephew, loves him. Things become more complicated when Annarella, the midwife, starts demonstrating her love to Antonio. She is hiding a secret and the Marshal soon will be in a restless situation. Written by 1felco
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23 December 1953 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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A beautiful naive Italian romantic comedy from the 1950s.