The Za-Bum Circus

1949•1h 25m•9.0/10

ComedyMusic

Ratings

🎬TMDb

9.0/10(1)

Anthology comedy/romance film

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Production

Titanus

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Aldo Fabrizi

Aldo Fabrizi

The postman (segments "Dalla finestra" and "Il postino")

Roldano Lupi

Roldano Lupi

(segments "Contatto telefonici", "Gelosia", ...)

Carlo Ninchi

Carlo Ninchi

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Alida Valli

Alida Valli

(segments "Gelosia", "Il postino" and "Galop finale al circo")

Isa Pola

Isa Pola

(segments "Contatto telefonici", "Dalla finestra", ...)

Enrico Viarisio

Enrico Viarisio

(segment "Gelosia")

Carlo Campanini

Carlo Campanini

(segment "Gelosia")

Vera Carmi

Vera Carmi

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Ada Dondini

Ada Dondini

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Ave Ninchi

Ave Ninchi

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Mirella Pardi

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Galeazzo Benti

Galeazzo Benti

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Luigi Pavese

Luigi Pavese

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Nino Pavese

Nino Pavese

Franco Scandurra

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Vinicio Sofia

Vinicio Sofia

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Leopoldo Valentini

Leopoldo Valentini

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

Maria Zanoli

Maria Zanoli

(segment "Galop finale al circo")

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