A Hero of Our Times

For other uses, see A Hero of Our Time (disambiguation).

A Hero of Our Times (Italian: Un eroe dei nostri tempi) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Alberto Sordi.^[1] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[2]

A Hero of Our Times
Italian poster
Directed by	Mario Monicelli
Written by	Rodolfo Sonego Mario Monicelli
Story by	Rodolfo Sonego
Produced by	Franco Cristaldi
Starring	Alberto Sordi Franca Valeri Giovanna Ralli Tina Pica
Cinematography	Tino Santoni
Edited by	Adriana Novelli
Music by	Nino Rota
Production company	Cinecittà
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	1955 (1955)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Alberto is an employee who is the Italian average of society of the Fifties. Alberto is a go-getter, attached only to his work, and believes that everyone meets him wants to bring Alberto bad luck. Alberto refuses every contact with other people, but soon finds himself caught in misunderstandings and so the people, to take revenge on him and his meanness, force him to change his identity.

Cast

• Alberto Sordi as Alberto Menichetti
• Franca Valeri^[3] as Vedova De Ritis
• Giovanna Ralli^[4] as Marcella
• Tina Pica as Clotilde
• Mario Carotenuto as Gustavo
• Leopoldo Trieste as Aurelio
• Alberto Lattuada as Il direttore
• Bud Spencer as Fernando (as Carlo Pedersoli)
• Pina Bottin as Secretary
• Lina Bonivento as Aunt Giovanna
• Mino Doro^[5] as Prof. Bracci
• Giulio Calì as Il giovanottaccio