The Overcoat

Original title: Il cappotto

Duration: 103 min

Release date: 1952-10-03

IMDB

Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.

Fantasy Comedy Drama

Il cappotto

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as Carmine De Carmine

as Secretary General

Olinto Cristina

Olinto Cristina

as Professor Filini

as Vittoria's Boyfriend

as Old Marshal Bandini

Silvio Bagolini

Silvio Bagolini

as The Street Vendor

Dina Perbellini

Dina Perbellini

as Wife of the Mayor

Riccardo Legioni

Riccardo Legioni

Gondrano Trucchi

Gondrano Trucchi

Angela Bevilacqua

Angela Bevilacqua

Giovanni Ranucci

Giovanni Ranucci

Antonella Lualdi

Antonella Lualdi

as Vittoria, The Mayor's Daughter

as Lodger #1 (uncredited)

as Lodger #2 (uncredited)

as Lodger #3 (uncredited)

Claudio Ermelli

Claudio Ermelli

as The Photographer (uncredited)

as Town Councillor (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

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Alberto Lattuada

Alberto Lattuada

Alberto Lattuada

Alberto Lattuada

Giorgio Prosperi

Giorgio Prosperi

Leonardo Sinisgalli

Leonardo Sinisgalli

Cesare Zavattini

Cesare Zavattini

Bianca Lattuada

Bianca Lattuada

Production Manager

Alfredo Mirabile

Alfredo Mirabile

Production Manager

Fernando Previtali

Fernando Previtali

First Assistant Director

Eraldo Giordani

Eraldo Giordani

Second Assistant Director

Guidarino Guidi

Guidarino Guidi

Second Assistant Director

Sergio Baldacchini

Sergio Baldacchini

Production Design

Still Photographer

Camera Operator

Cesare Fraschetti

Cesare Fraschetti

Assistant Camera

Assistant Camera

Amalia Paoletti

Amalia Paoletti

Francesco Solitario

Francesco Solitario

Renato Pietrini

Renato Pietrini

Felice Lattuada

Felice Lattuada

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Gianni Polidori

Gianni Polidori

Production Design

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