Difficult Years

(1948)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 26 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1948

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Luigi Zampa

Cast: Umberto Spadaro, Ave Ninchi, Enzo Biliotti, Massimo Girotti, Delia Scala, Ernesto Almirante, Альдо Сильвани, Miro Zonda, Milly Vitale, Giovanni Grasso

Plot

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.