Down with Misery

Down with Misery
Directed byGennaro Righelli
Written byMario Monicelli
Nicola Fausto Neroni
Gennaro Righelli
Produced byUmberto Bompani
Valentino Brosio
StarringAnna Magnani
Nino Besozzi
Marisa Vernati
CinematographyRodolfo Lombardi
Edited byDuilio A. Lucarelli
Music byUmberto Mancini
Production
company
Domus Film
Distributed byLux Film
Release date
  • December 27, 1945 (1945-12-27)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Down with Misery (Italian: Abbasso la miseria!) is a 1945 Italian comedy drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi and Marisa Vernati.[1] It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome during the autumn of 1945. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Brosio. It was released in the wake Magnani's success in Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City. It makes reference to the thriving black market in postwar Italy and was followed by a loose sequel Peddlin' in Society (1946) which focused on a similar theme.

  1. ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese. ISBN 8876055487.