Eleven Men and a Ball

Eleven Men and a Ball (Italian: 11 uomini e un pallone) is a 1948 Italian sports comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Carlo Dapporto, Carlo Campanini and Clelia Matania.

Eleven Men and a Ball
Directed by	Giorgio Simonelli
Written by	Mario Amendola Gherardo Gherardi Ruggero Maccari Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz Giorgio Simonelli Vincenzo Talarico
Produced by	Raimondo Perretta Luigi Saraceni
Starring	Carlo Dapporto Carlo Campanini Clelia Matania
Cinematography	Rodolfo Lombardi
Music by	Cesare A. Bixio Felice Montagnini
Production company	Per-Film
Distributed by	Per-Film
Release date	1948 (1948)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio.

Synopsis

To prevent a gifted player performing for his team in a decisive match, the opposing club go to greatlengths to try to avoid him making it to the game.

Cast

• Carlo Dapporto as Romeo
• Carlo Campanini as Achille
• Clelia Matania as Clelia
• Ernesto Almirante as Il professore
• Adriana Serra as Cassiera bar
• Enrico Luzi as Un barista
• Ferruccio Amendola
• Giorgio Baraghi
• Fiorella Betti
• Arturo Bragaglia
• Bruno Cantalamessa
• Andrea De Pino
• Maria Dominiani
• Georges Flamant
• Fedele Gentile
• Greta Gonda
• Fausto Guerzoni
• Felice Minotti
• Piero Pastore
• Giovanni Petrucci
• Paolo Reale
• Agostino Salvietti
• Octave Senoret
• Bruno Smith

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

• Eleven Men and a Ball at IMDb