It Happens in Roma

It Happens in Roma

1955 · 86 min · ★ 4.9 · Comedy

Airy comedy of a man a woman and the lengths they'll go to for a really great apartment! Located in the center of Rome with amazing views both want it and strike the compromise of marrying each other platonically to get it. The woman still hopes for true love and the man agrees to step aside should that special someone come along but he is secretly smitten with her and surreptitiously makes her various suitors look like fools. All goes well until he comes up against Rosanno Brazzi and finds him a tough challenge to overcome.

Directed by Giuseppe Amato · Written by Aldo De Benedetti

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Linda Darnell Renata Adorni
Vittorio De Sica Carlo Reani
Peppino De Filippo Filippo Roberti
Rossano Brazzi Dino Moriani
Sophie Desmarets La duchessa Isabella Camporese
Nadia Gray Valeria Roberti, moglie di Filippo
Pierre Cressoy Dagoberto
Enrico Viarisio Francesco
Gianrico Tedeschi Il pianista
Elsa Merlini Amica del pianista
Georges Brehat attore francese
Henri Vidon cardinale

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