E le stelle stanno a guardare is a 1971 Italian adaptation of A. J. Cronin

A. J. Cronin

Archibald Joseph Cronin was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known works are Hatter's Castle, The Stars Look Down, The Citadel, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years, all of which were adapted to film. He also created the Dr...

's 1935 novel The Stars Look Down

The Stars Look Down

The Stars Look Down is a 1935 novel by A. J. Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English coal mining community. A film version was produced in 1939, and television adaptations include both Italian and British versions....

. It was written and directed by Anton Giulio Majano and was produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana. The dramatization starred Orso Maria Guerrini as Davey Fenwick, Andrea Checchi

Andrea Checchi

Andrea Checchi was a prolific Italian film actor.Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974...

 as Robert Fenwick, Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor and dubber.Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965...

 as Arthur Barras, and Anna Maria Guarnieri as Jenny Sunley.

See also

• The Stars Look Down
  The Stars Look Down (film)
  The Stars Look Down is a 1940 British film based on A. J. Cronin's novel of the same title, initially published in 1935, which chronicles various injustices in a mining community in North East England. The film, co-scripted by Cronin and directed by Carol Reed, stars Michael Redgrave as Davey...
  
  (1939 film)
• The Stars Look Down (1975 British miniseries)