Cast
Renato Rascel Giulio Stival
Credits
Written by: 
Alberto Lattuada
Plot
A modest clerk saves up for a new overcoat, in an adaptation of the story by Gogol.
Sinekatalog’s take
Alberto Lattuada's adaptation of Gogol follows a humble clerk who saves for a new overcoat and discovers dignity and loss. Renato Rascel is touching in a gentle, neorealist-tinged and bittersweet comic drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (753 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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