In the movie La valigia dei sogni (The Suitcase of Dreams, Italy, 1953) directed by Luigi Comencini, some sequences from Cenere are inserted. The protagonist is a former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction, and uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an accidental fire and the risk of prison, he meets a rich producer who helps him to build a film museum.
Umberto Melnati
Maria Pia Casilio
Roberto Risso
Ludmilla Dudarova
Flora Mariel
Giulio Calì
Xenia Valderi
Giuseppe Chinnici
Nino Vingelli
Gemma Bolognesi
Pietro De Vico
Eugenia Tavani
Marcello Mastroianni
Italia Almirante-Manzini
Francesca Bertini
Lyda Borelli
Wanda Capodaglio
Helena Makowska