---
title: 'Down with Misery (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gennaro Righelli'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/down-with-misery-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037491/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Down with Misery (1945)

1945 · 90 min · Comedy · Italy

Original title: Abbasso la miseria!

## Synopsis

Down with Misery is a 1945 Italian comedy drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi and Marisa Vernati. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome during the autumn of 1945. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Brosio. It was released in the wake of Magnani's success in Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City. It makes reference to the thriving black market in postwar Italy and was followed by a loose sequel Peddlin' in Society (1946), which focused on a similar theme.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gennaro Righelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennaro-righelli)
- **Screenplay:** [Gennaro Righelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennaro-righelli), [Mario Monicelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-monicelli), [Nicola Fausto Neroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicola-fausto-neroni)
- **Editor:** [Duilio Lucarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/duilio-lucarelli)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Umberto Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/umberto-mancini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rodolfo Lombardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodolfo-lombardi)

## Cast

- [Felice Romano](https://cinepixo.com/people/felice-romano)
- [Aldo Silvani](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-silvani)
- [Sandro Ruffini](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandro-ruffini)
- [Dina Romano](https://cinepixo.com/people/dina-romano)
- [Claudio Ermelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-ermelli)
- [Marisa Vernati](https://cinepixo.com/people/marisa-vernati)
- [Nino Besozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-besozzi)
- [Lauro Gazzolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauro-gazzolo)
- [Checco Durante](https://cinepixo.com/people/checco-durante)
- [Mario Castellani](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-castellani)
- [Anna Magnani](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-magnani)
- [Virgilio Riento](https://cinepixo.com/people/virgilio-riento)
- [Giuseppe Pierozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-pierozzi)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/down-with-misery-1945
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