Down with Misery

Down with Misery
Directed by	Gennaro Righelli
Written by	Mario Monicelli Nicola Fausto Neroni Gennaro Righelli
Produced by	Umberto Bompani Valentino Brosio
Starring	Anna Magnani Nino Besozzi Marisa Vernati
Cinematography	Rodolfo Lombardi
Edited by	Duilio A. Lucarelli
Music by	Umberto Mancini
Production company	Domus Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	December 27, 1945 (1945-12-27)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Down with Misery (Italian: Abbasso la miseria!) is a 1945 Italian comedy drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi and Marisa Vernati.^[1] It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome during the autumn of 1945. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Brosio. It was released in the wake Magnani's success in Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City. It makes reference to the thriving black market in postwar Italy and was followed by a loose sequel Peddlin' in Society (1946) which focused on a similar theme.