---
title: 'Difficult Years (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luigi Zampa'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/difficult-years-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040100/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Difficult Years (1948)

1948 · 113 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Anni difficili

## Synopsis

Difficult Years is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Umberto Spadaro, adapted from the 1946 short story Vecchio con gli stivali, by the Sicilian author Vitaliano Brancati.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luigi Zampa](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-zampa)
- **Screenplay:** [Vitaliano Brancati](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitaliano-brancati), [Enrico Fulchignoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-fulchignoni), [Sergio Amidei](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-amidei), [Franco Evangelisti](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-evangelisti)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nino Rota](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-rota)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carlo Montuori](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-montuori)
- **Editor:** [Eraldo Da Roma](https://cinepixo.com/people/eraldo-da-roma)

## Cast

- [Giovanni Grasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-grasso)
- [Loris Gizzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/loris-gizzi)
- [John Garfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-garfield)
- [Ermanno Randi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ermanno-randi)
- [Umberto Spadaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/umberto-spadaro)
- [Carlo Sposito](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-sposito)
- [Aldo Silvani](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-silvani)
- [Olinto Cristina](https://cinepixo.com/people/olinto-cristina)
- [Massimo Girotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-girotti)
- [Paolo Monelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-monelli)
- [Ave Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ave-ninchi)
- [Enzo Biliotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-biliotti)
- [Ernesto Almirante](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernesto-almirante)
- [Milly Vitale](https://cinepixo.com/people/milly-vitale)
- [Delia Scala](https://cinepixo.com/people/delia-scala)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/difficult-years-1948
Film facts: Wikidata (Q3230614); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.