Down with Misery!
1945, Italian. Directed by Gennaro Righelli.
The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni, who is a naive and fundamentally honest worker from the North of Italy, cannot get any profit and his wife, an energetic and talkative Roman woman, can't help blaming him for his poor business skills. Returning from a trip to Naples, he brings home a little hungry orphan, Nello. At first Giovanni's wife doesn't want the boy, but then she begins to like him. The little boy does whatever he can to help the family. Nello's father, who everybody thought to have died during the war, finds his little son and, being a rich business man, he employs the good and generous Giovanni. Meanwhile the former friend Gaetano is caught by the police and convicted for his illegal trades.
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Gennaro RighelliDirector
- Anna MagnaniNannina Straselli
- Nino BesozziGiovanni Straselli
- Virgilio RientoGaetano Schioppa
- Marisa VernatiCaterina Schioppa
- Vito AnnichiaricoNello Esposito
- Sandro RuffiniPorzio Ray
- Lauro GazzoloCommendator Trombetti
- Aldo SilvaniIl compagno di cella
- Vittorio MottiniIl padre di Nello
- Checco DuranteIl fattorino del radiogrammofono
- Giuseppe PierozziGiorgio
- Mara LopezLa figlia del commendattore
Details
- Released
- 27 December 1945
- Original title
- Abbasso la miseria!
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Nicola Fausto Neroni, Gennaro Righelli
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Down with Misery! runs 79 minutes (1h 19m).
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Down with Misery! isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 December 1945. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
What movies are like Down with Misery!?
If you liked Down with Misery!, try Piranhas, Things We Don't Say, Nostalgia.
Who directed Down with Misery!?
Down with Misery! (1945) was directed by Gennaro Righelli and stars Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi, Virgilio Riento.