Traffic Jam
L'ingorgo
Release: 1979-01-12
·Runtime: 121m
·★ 6.8
Drama
Comedy
A tremendous congestion hits the Rome highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen lasts more than 36 hours. At the beginning the people blocked in their cars react normally. But as more time passes, the more we witness personal dramas, hysteric reactions and other grotesque situations. All the episodes are linked as if in a single plot. Cars and their hosts are a microcosm of stories part of a larger universe: the congestion.
Production Countries
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Production Companies
Gaumont International
Clesi Cinematografica
Greenwich Film Production
José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas
Albatros Filmproduktion
Filmédis
Cast
Annie Girardot
as Irène
Fernando Rey
as Carlo
Miou-Miou
as Angela
Ciccio Ingrassia
as Sick Man in Ambulance
José Sacristán
as The Priest
Ugo Tognazzi
as Professor
Aristide Caporale
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Giuseppe Marrocco
as Man in the Traffic Jam (uncredited)
Ferdinando Murolo
as Mercedes Passenger
Gianni Cavina
as Pompeo, Teresa's Husband
Aldo Riva
Solvi Stübing
as Blonde Model
Gabriella D'Amico
as Woman in the Traffic Jam (uncredited)
Massimo Ciprari
as Man in the Traffic Jam (uncredited)
Luciano Zanussi
as Man in the Traffic Jam (uncredited)
José María Prada
as Ricardo, Mercedes Driver
José Vivó
as Mercedes Passenger
Ester Carloni
as Germana's Grandmother
Alberto Sordi
as Dr. De Benedetti
Harry Baer
as Mario
Marcello Mastroianni
as Marco Montefoschi
Ernst Hannawald
as Stefano
Gérard Depardieu
as Franco
Francisco Algora
as Ambulance Driver
Dolores Calò
as Montefoschi's Fan (uncredited)
Filippo Perego
as Man in the Traffic Jam (uncredited)
Giovannella Grifeo
as Germana Gargiulo
Ángela Molina
as Martina
Stefania Sandrelli
as Teresa
Roberto Della Casa
José María Caffarel
Daniela Igliozzi
Amedeo Salamon
as Man in the Traffic Jam (uncredited)
Patrick Dewaere
as Mara's Lover
Orazio Orlando
as Ferreri
Nando Orfei
as Montefoschi's Chauffeur Carloni
Mario Castaldi
as Man Screaming for M. Montefoschi (uncredited)
Crew
Nino Baragli
Editor
Ricky Tognazzi
Assistant Director
Paola Comencini
Costume Design
Bruno Nicolai
Conductor
Luigi Comencini
Director, Story, Screenplay
Massimo Anzellotti
Sound Effects Editor
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
Bernardino Zapponi
Screenplay
Juan Luis Buñuel
Second Unit Director