Il mio amico Benito is a 1962 commedia all'italiana film directed by Giorgio Bianchi.
Plot Peppino Di Gennaro is a simple clerk who wants to make a career without success. After a friend gave him a photo taken during the First World War that shows him together with Benito Mussolini, he tries to take advantage of it getting an invitation from Duce, but the OVRA stops him every time. After numerous failed attempts he eventually succeeds in entering his office in the exact moment Mussolini was on the balcony announcing the Italian entry into the war; disappointed and embittered, Peppino goes away destroying the photo.
Cast
Peppino De Filippo: Giuseppe Di Gennaro Didi Perego: Italia Mario Carotenuto: Mariani Andrea Checchi: Commissioner Emma Gramatica: Giuseppe's Mother Mac Ronay: Landolfi Luigi De Filippo: Fioretti Carlo Pisacane: Signor Arturo Riccardo Billi: Renzi Ciccio Barbi: Sor Achille Luigi Pavese: Pieroni Franco Giacobini: Liberati Giuseppe Porelli: Capo divisione Franco Franchi: Terrorist Ciccio Ingrassia: Terrorist Tiberio Murgia: Policeman Alberto Rabagliati: Himself
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