A Hero of Our Times (1955)
- Original title
- Un eroe dei nostri tempi
- Directed by
- Mario Monicelli
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 47 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man navigates everyday situations in 1950s Italy. His attempts to appear heroic often backfire in amusing ways.
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What happens
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. 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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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