The Overcoat (1952 film)

Il Cappotto
Directed by	Alberto Lattuada
Produced by	Enzo Curreli
Written by	Alberto Lattuada Giorgio Prosperi Giordano Corsi Enzo Curreli Luigi Malerba Leonardo Sinisgalli Cesare Zavattini
Starring	Renato Rascel Yvonne Sanson Antonella Lualdi Nino Marchetti
Music by	Felice Lattuada
Cinematography	Mario Montuori
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Release dates	3 October 1952
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Overcoat (Italian: Il Cappotto) is a 1952 Italian fantasy-drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is based on a short tale of the same name written by Nikolai Gogol.

Plot

The story of a very poor city-hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is to own a new overcoat.

Cast

• Renato Rascel - Carmine De Carmine
• Yvonne Sanson - Caterina
• Giulio Stival - Il sindaco
• Ettore Mattia - Il segretario generale
• Giulio Calì - Il sarto
• Olinto Cristina
• Anna Carena - L'affittacamere (as Anna Maria Carena)
• Sandro Somarè - Il fidanzato di Vittoria
• Luigi Moneta
• Silvio Bagolini - Il venditore ambulante
• Dina Perbellini
• Loris Gizzi
• Mario Crippa
• Alfredo Ragusa
• Nino Marchetti (as Nino Marchetti)

Awards

Renato Rascel receives the Nastro d'Argento in 1953 for The Overcoat

Special Nastro d'Argento to Renato Rascel for the creation of the leading character. The film was also entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: The Overcoat". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-17.

External links

• Il Cappotto at the Internet Movie Database