![Difficult Years](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//bRsq1vZ0n1cMV3uDBqlmEabvQvE.jpg)
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Difficult Years
1 hour 50 minutes1948-12-28
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Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
Cast
![Umberto Spadaro](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//BswmvmopAiV9FqyjRnX0fPx6RJ.jpg)
Umberto Spadaro
Aldo Piscitello
![Ave Ninchi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//64BfpH5GnhMxtwHCRRV3DLKcYgu.jpg)
Ave Ninchi
Rosina Piscitello
![Enzo Biliotti](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hdJxY11m8GH5HD5JQV0yi8498tB.jpg)
Enzo Biliotti
Il podestà
![Massimo Girotti](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kAGqyGQf9nsWvelG6uf0MCJtLJ6.jpg)
Massimo Girotti
Giovanni Piscitello
![Delia Scala](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2vTa93geJWXk2HmjpBAR2d7qFkk.jpg)
Delia Scala
Elena Piscitello
![Ernesto Almirante](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ernesto Almirante
Il nonnino
![Aldo Silvani](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8nrYSS8C5sYMhSmzSvRZR7tmiGo.jpg)
Aldo Silvani
Il farmacista
![Miro Zonda](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Miro Zonda
Il federale
![Milly Vitale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ycTkLrRKHZZfxNirj99x4xBW60P.jpg)
Milly Vitale
Maria, the pharmacist's niece
![Giovanni Grasso](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lfy3egf8s37miETAUIEnUz5xrMz.jpg)
Giovanni Grasso
Mascoli
![Olinto Cristina](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pnNRaXsT1jl5kBMaFKYldhYfB22.jpg)
Olinto Cristina
Sacchi
![Agostino Salvietti](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//s0VDagfuJovhIvqPMmK8xyBMF9M.jpg)
Agostino Salvietti
Fegarotta
![Raniero De Cenzo](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Raniero De Cenzo
Rapisarda
![Carlo Sposito](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2nzf856xLvpn6kfFUy5iYJhMYo6.jpg)
Carlo Sposito
Riccardo, the Baron's son
![Giuseppe Nicolosi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Giuseppe Nicolosi
Cascarà
![Loris Gizzi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kWLlyJqZvHqd3etcWDJChC1OxYY.jpg)
Loris Gizzi
Il Ministro
![Ermanno Randi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//90r9dVNaauMOWNjynO5C4D4UPFS.jpg)
Ermanno Randi
Turi
![Rosetta Calavetta](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vyMGK6vqBgJa4bbu6t8Cq6ZYjhD.jpg)
Rosetta Calavetta
Elena (voice)
![Paolo Monelli](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Paolo Monelli
![Sandro Ruffini](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mTWLQpxeQEiuhLn3KM2v1dE295O.jpg)
Sandro Ruffini
Narrator, Italian original version
![Bruno Di Stefani](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bruno Di Stefani
![Vittorio Di Stefani](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)