An Italian gets arrested in Sweden and NO ONE will tell him why—bureaucracy's worst nightmare.
Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Swiden, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why?
Acting
Alberto Sordi's escalating desperation is perfection.
Writing
Satire so precise it hurts.
Director
Nanni Loy
Alberto Sordi
Giuseppe Di Noi
Elga Andersen
Ingrid
Andrea Aureli
Guardia
Nazzareno Natale
Saverio Guardascione
Michele Gammino
Don Paolo
Lino Banfi
Direttore del carcere di Sagunto
Tano Cimarosa
Agente del carcere di Sagunto
Silvio Spaccesi
Maresciallo carcere di Sagunto
Giovanni Pallavicino
Brigadiere Saporito del carcere di Sagunto
Antonio Casagrande
Giudice
Gianni Bonagura
Avvocato Sallustio Giordana
Giuseppe Anatrelli
detenuto Rosario Scalia
Mario Brega
Detenuto amico di Scalia (uncredited)
Mario Pisu
Psichiatra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alberto Sordi, Italy's beloved everyman, made this as a deliberate departure from his usual Roman comedies.
Director Nanni Loy based this on real cases of Italians detained abroad without explanation—this was 1971, not dystopian fiction.
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