Nannina Straselli (played by Anna Magnani) is a protagonist in Down with Misery!.
Roman housewife who pressures her truck driver husband Giovanni into joining the black market after being influenced by their successful neighbor. Initially cold towards the boy Giovanni adopts in Naples, she gradually warms to him. Giovanni Straselli (played by Nino Besozzi) appears in Down with Misery!.
Truck driver who initially refuses black market activities but is pressured by his wife. He rescues and adopts a boy in bombed Naples, engages in fake currency smuggling for prosperity, gets briefly imprisoned, and is later offered an honest job by the boy's father. Gaetano Schioppa (played by Virgilio Riento) appears in Down with Misery!.
Successful neighbor whose participation in the black market influences Nannina to pressure her husband Giovanni into joining illegal activities. Nello Esposito (played by Vito Annichiarico) appears in Down with Misery!.
A boy Giovanni rescues and adopts in bombed Naples. Initially rejected by Nannina, he gradually gains her affection and his presence leads to Giovanni's eventual transition to honest work. Il padre di Nello (played by Vittorio Mottini) appears in Down with Misery!.
The biological father of the adopted boy, who survived the bombing and reappears after Giovanni's brief prison sentence to offer him an honest job, resolving the family's illegal struggles.
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Characters
Nannina Straselli
(played by Anna Magnani) — protagonist
Roman housewife who pressures her truck driver husband Giovanni into joining the black market after being influenced by their successful neighbor. Initially cold towards the boy Giovanni adopts in Nap...
Giovanni Straselli
(played by Nino Besozzi) — supporting
Truck driver who initially refuses black market activities but is pressured by his wife. He rescues and adopts a boy in bombed Naples, engages in fake currency smuggling for prosperity, gets briefly i...
Gaetano Schioppa
(played by Virgilio Riento) — supporting
Successful neighbor whose participation in the black market influences Nannina to pressure her husband Giovanni into joining illegal activities.
Nello Esposito
(played by Vito Annichiarico) — supporting
A boy Giovanni rescues and adopts in bombed Naples. Initially rejected by Nannina, he gradually gains her affection and his presence leads to Giovanni's eventual transition to honest work.
Il padre di Nello
(played by Vittorio Mottini) — supporting
The biological father of the adopted boy, who survived the bombing and reappears after Giovanni's brief prison sentence to offer him an honest job, resolving the family's illegal struggles.
