Synopsis
Tragicomedy telling of the trials and tribulations of a troupe of variety show artists.
A Dog’s Life
Cast
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Sergio Amidei Aldo Fabrizi Ruggero Maccari Fulvio Palmieri Vittorio Nino Novarese Mario Monicelli Steno
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Alternative Titles
A Dog's Life, It's a Dog's Life, Dans les coulisses, Vida de perros, Собачья жизнь, Filhas do Desejo, Vida de gossos
Releases by Date
Theatrical
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Italy
02 Nov 1950
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Italy
17 Nov 1950
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Italy
Releases by Country
Italy
30 Sep 1950
- Theatrical Rome
02 Nov 1950
- Theatrical Milan
17 Nov 1950
- Theatrical Turin
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In the post war Italian film industry where every film seemed to have a half dozen screenplay contributors the creative community was small enough to produce the inevitable infighting with plenty of clashing egos, grudges, greed and hurt feelings. Differences in philosophy could lead to splits in the ranks (for example, there were once Luchino Visconti camps and Federico Fellini camps). Such squabbling could lead to someone like neo-realist pioneer Giuseppe DeSantis to make bitter hyperbolic declarations that the often brilliant Aldo Fabrizi “doesn’t deserve to be called and actor”. The rotund and bug eyed Fabrizi may have been a master of the populist comedy but he wasn’t all pratfalls and double takes, he also portrayed characters like the unforgettable…
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Aldo Fabrizi is memorable as Nino Martoni, an actor and director of a traveling vaudeville troupe who is always one step ahead of the law. He has his hands full trying to keep his star happy, trying to find new talent, trying to find places to sleep and eat before the troupe can get on the next train to the next stop before trouble finds them.
Into his life comes a young and lovely Gina Lollobrigida who is on the run, too. She latches on to the troupe to escape the law and Martoni takes her in because she's one of them even if she has no apparent talent. Soon, they find her one.
There's also Tamara Lees' Franca, a…
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The theater plot wasn't terribly exciting, but this was a very Aldo Fabrizi experience with a lot of colorful characters on support, and that with automatically made it a humorous wild party.
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Le cose non sono cambiate, nel 1950 Steno e Monicelli criticavano la vita da cani che un'artista è costretto a subire, così ancora oggi, l'attore, la ballerina o artista che sia non viene ancora reputata una professione.
Fabrizi gigantesco in sto film❤ -
C'est super drôle, c'est vraiment touchant, Aldo Fabrizi est monstrueux. Marcello Mastroianni est trop un roi. Mais putain les italiens qui font des comédies vous nous cassez trop les couilles avec vos films qui se finissent mal pour rien
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Peculiare opera dei primi anni '50 italiani, Vita da Cani segue le vicende di una sgangherata compagnia di avanspettacolo nei suoi tour lungo la penisola. Guidata dall'irriverente Nino Martoni (uno straordinario Aldo Fabrizi), seguiamo le storie e le vicissitudini dei personaggi che vivono una vita di incertezze e di costanti difficoltà. L'ambientazione è quella dell'Italia del post guerra, un paese ancora prostrato, dominato dalla povertà e dalle contraddizioni. In questo contesto si muovono Martoni e la sua compagnia, costretti a continue improvvisazioni e a doversi arrangiare con tutti i mezzi possibili. I momenti comici sono tanti e a tratti sono irresistibili (es, la gag anticomunista in un paese di sinistra), guidati spesso dalla bravura di Fabrizi, grande maestro di mimica…
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Una magnífica película que retrata las dificultades de una compañía de teatro que va de ciudad en ciudad. Los problemas que enfrenta esta compañía para lograr subsistir en el constante esfuerzos para vivir de su arte. La película tiene momentos alegres y muy tristes que nos revelan la dura vida de los artistas callejeros de la antigüedad.