---
title: 'Il sorpasso (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dino Risi'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/il-sorpasso-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056512/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Il sorpasso (1962)

1962 · 105 min · Comedy · Italy


## Synopsis

Il sorpasso, also titled The Easy Life in English, is a 1962 Italian road comedy-drama film starring Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Co-written and directed by Dino Risi, it is considered his masterpiece and one of the best examples of the commedia all'italiana film genre. In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dino Risi](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-risi)
- **Screenplay:** [Dino Risi](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-risi), [Ettore Scola](https://cinepixo.com/people/ettore-scola), [Ruggero Maccari](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-maccari)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Riz Ortolani](https://cinepixo.com/people/riz-ortolani)
- **Producer:** [Mario Cecchi Gori](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-cecchi-gori)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alfio Contini](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfio-contini)
- **Editor:** [Maurizio Lucidi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurizio-lucidi)

## Cast

- [Franca Polesello](https://cinepixo.com/people/franca-polesello)
- [Annette Vadim](https://cinepixo.com/people/annette-vadim)
- [Luigi Zerbinati](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-zerbinati)
- [Jean-Louis Trintignant](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-trintignant)
- [Linda Sini](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-sini)
- [Jacques Stany](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-stany)
- [Nando Angelini](https://cinepixo.com/people/nando-angelini)
- [Catherine Spaak](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-spaak)
- [Mila Stanic](https://cinepixo.com/people/mila-stanic)
- [Edda Ferronao](https://cinepixo.com/people/edda-ferronao)
- [Claudio Gora](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-gora)
- [Vittorio Gassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-gassman)
- [John Francis Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-francis-lane)
- [Luciana Angiolillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciana-angiolillo)

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