The Roof (1956)
Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This film follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home.
- Released
- 1956-09-29
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 from 53 votes
Cast
- Gabriella Pallotta as Luisa Pilon
- Giorgio Listuzzi as Natale Pilon, Luisa's husband
- Gastone Renzelli as Cesare, Luisa's brother-in-law
- Maria Di Rollo as Gina
- Luciano Pigozzi
- Maria Di Fiori as Giovanna, Cesare's wife
- Emilia Maritini as Luisa's mother
- Angelo Bigioni as Luigi
- Angelo Visentin as Antonio Pilon
- Maria Sittoro as Natale's mother
- Luisa Alessandri as Signora Baj
- Giuseppe Martini as Luisa's father