While There's War There's Hope
Dec 20 1974
•2h 56m
•Comedy
Alberto Sordi directs and interprets a corrosive comedy, another "story of an Italian" that makes you smile and reflect. An arms dealer is exposed and would like to return to an honest business. But his family does not intend to give up that bloody money.
Cast
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Alberto Sordi
Pietro Chiocca
Silvia Monti
Silvia
Alessandro Cutolo
zio di Pietro
Matilde Costa Giuffrida
la madre di Silvia
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