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Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Switzerland, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why?

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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

27 October 1971

Country

Italy

Cast

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Giuseppe Di Noi

Elga Andersen

Elga Andersen

Ingrid

Andrea Aureli

Andrea Aureli

Guardia

Nazzareno Natale

Nazzareno Natale

Saverio Guardascione

Michele Gammino

Michele Gammino

Don Paolo

Lino Banfi

Lino Banfi

Direttore del carcere di Sagunto

Luca Sportelli

Luca Sportelli

Agente del carcere di Sagunto

Tano Cimarosa

Tano Cimarosa

Agente del carcere di Sagunto

Silvio Spaccesi

Silvio Spaccesi

Maresciallo carcere di Sagunto

Giovanni Pallavicino

Giovanni Pallavicino

Brigadiere Saporito del carcere di Sagunto

Antonio Casagrande

Antonio Casagrande

Giudice

Gianni Bonagura

Gianni Bonagura

Avvocato Sallustio Giordana

Giuseppe Anatrelli

Giuseppe Anatrelli

detenuto Rosario Scalia

Mario Brega

Mario Brega

Detenuto amico di Scalia (uncredited)

Mario Pisu

Mario Pisu

Psichiatra

Gianfranco Barra

Gianfranco Barra

Nello Appodia

Nello Appodia

detenuto ammanettato insieme ad Alberto Sordi

Fulvio Mingozzi

Fulvio Mingozzi

Mingozzi, una guardia carceraria

Antonio Spaccatini

Antonio Spaccatini

cancelliere del giudice

Sergio Gibello

Sergio Gibello

carabiniere che traduce Di Noi in carcere

Nino Formicola

Nino Formicola

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