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Big Deal on Madonna Street (Italian: I soliti ignoti; released as Persons Unknown in the UK) is a 1958 Italian comedy caper film directed by Mario Monicelli. Regarded as one of the masterpieces of Italian cinema, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Jul 11, 2014 · The ever popular I soliti ignoti ( Big Deal on Madonna Street, Mario Monicelli, 1958) is a pivotal film in Italian cinema. It marks the end of 1950s “pink neo-realism”, which adapted neo-realist settings to the romantic youth comedy (see, for example, Dino Risi’s Poveri ma belli [1957]).
- Federico Passi
A charming comedy, perhaps a little déjà vu after countless imitations and variations culminating in Louis Malle's distinctly iffy 1983 remake as Crackers.
Nov 30, 2010 · He was best known for I Soliti Ignoti (Big Deal On Madonna Street, 1958), which was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign-language film.
Big Deal on Madonna Street: Directed by Mario Monicelli. With Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto, Rossana Rory. A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Mario Monicelli
- 1958-10-02
Jan 22, 2017 · This is not a just description of the effects achieved by Big Deal, which are better served by the film’s original title I soliti ignoti, the euphemistic ‘persons unknown’. True, this title sets up the film’s final joke, a hilarious, baffled newspaper report of the robbery, where persons unknown broke into an apartment to eat ...
Year: 1958. Original title: I soliti ignoti. Synopsis: It tells the story of a sad-sack group of bumbling thieves and their desperate attempts to pull off the perfect heist.You can watch Big Deal on Madonna Street through flatrate on the platforms: Criterion Channel.
