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The House with Laughing Windows
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Aug 20, 1976
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A young restorer is commissioned to save a fresco representing the suffering of St. Sebastiano, which was painted on the wall of a local church by a mysterious, long-dead artist.
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Directors
Pupi Avati
Revenue
$722
Vote Average
7.3
Vote Count
336
Popularity
9
Language
Italiano
Origin Country
IT
Cast
Lino Capolicchio
Stefano
Francesca Marciano
Francesca
Gianni Cavina
Coppola
Giulio Pizzirani
Antonio Mazza
Bob Tonelli
Mayor Solmi
Vanna Busoni
Teacher
Pietro Brambilla
Lidio
Ferdinando Orlandi
Police Marshall
Andrea Matteuzzi
Poppi
Ines Ciaschetti
Concierge
Pina Borione
Paraplegic Woman
Flavia Giorgi
Poppi's Wife
Arrigo Lucchini
Grocer
Carla Astolfi
Chambermaid at Boarding House
Luciano Bianchi
Franchini the Librarian
Tonino Corazzari
Buono Legnani
Libero Grandi
Cesare Bastelli
Car Driver (uncredited)
Gina Bonacquisti
Woman Eating Pasta (uncredited)
Pietro Bona
Man at Restaurant (uncredited)
Giovanni Brusadori
Man at Restaurant (uncredited)
Paolo Gramignano
Victim in the Incipit (uncredited)
Zora Kerova
Waitress (uncredited)
Eugene Walter
Don Orsi / Legnani Sister (uncredited)
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