Film

The Icicle Thief

1989 · 1h 30m · Comedy

IMDb

7.0

Rotten Tomatoes

80%

Director Maurizio Nichetti is invited on TV to introduce a screening of his neo-realist classic 'The Icicle Thief'. He is horrified to discover that his black-and-white tale of life in poverty is constantly interrupted by garish color commercials, and even more horrified when a power cut in the studio causes film and commercials to mix up – a glamorous model finds herself in the arms of an unemployed pauper, while his wife finds herself in consumers' heaven. Nichetti has to break into the film to try to sort everything out.

Maurizio Nichetti

Self / Antonio Piermattei

Caterina Sylos Labini

Maria Piermattei

Federico Rizzo

Bruno Piermattei

Renato Scarpa

Don Italo

Heidi Komarek

Modella

Carlina Torta

Telespettatrice

Massimo Sacilotto

Telespettatore

Claudio G. Fava

Critico

Lella Costa

Segretaria TV

Marco Zannoni

Tecnico TV

Anna Maria Torniai

Sarta TV

Clara Droetto

Truccatrice TV

Ernesto Calindri

Self

Matteo Auguardi

Paolo Piermattei

Salvatore Landolina

Brigadiere

Gero Caldarelli

Capocomico

• Maurizio NichettiDirector · Story · Screenplay
• Mauro MontiScreenplay
• Ernesto Di SarroProducer
• Mario BattistoniDirector of Photography
• Manuel De SicaOriginal Music Composer
• Rita RossiEditor
• Anna MissoniEditor

Release date

February 16, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

6

Genres

Comedy

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