Vivere

Story

Synopsis

War and love. tears and laughter, the worst and the best that can happen to someone - in brief, life, in Rome, ruled by the Nazis, in 1943. The man in question is called Vittorio, Vittorio De Sica. Easy to speak well of him now, but then he was just a 'comedian', an actor without future, protégé of no-one: someone who could count only on himself and his own imagination. And, one day, a German patrol turns up on the movie set where he is working. They are looking for him, find him and take him away, to their commander who wants a word with him. Goebbels in person has written to him, sending him a request which is an order. De Sica is trapped, but...

Director

Franco Bernini

Writers

Bruno Restuccia, Sandro Veronesi

Language

English

Country

Italy

Release date

3 July 2002

Ensemble

Cast

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  Marco Paolini

  Narrator

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  Toni Bertorelli

  Nazi General