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During planting season in Northern Italy’s Po Valley, an earthy rice-field worker (Silvana Mangano) falls in with a small-time criminal (Vittorio Gassman) who is planning a daring heist of the crop, as well as his femme-fatale-ish girlfriend, played by the Hollywood star Doris Dowling. Both a socially conscious look at the hardships endured by underpaid field workers and a melodrama tinged with sex and violence, this early smash for producer extraordinaire Dino De Laurentiis and director Giuseppe De Santis is neorealism with a heaping dose of pulp.
Original Release
09/21/1949
US Release
09/18/1950
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Vittorio Gassman | Walter |
Doris Dowling | Francesca |
Silvana Mangano | Silvana |
Raf Vallone | Marco |
Checco Rissone | Aristide |
Nico Pepe | Beppe |
Adriana Sivieri | Celeste |
Lia Corelli | Amelia |
Maria Grazia Francia | Gabriella |
Dedi Ristori | Anna |
Directors
Writers
Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani, Gianni Puccini, Corrado Alvaro, Carlo Musso, Ivo Perilli, Franco Monicelli, Mario Monicelli
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vittorio Gassman | Walter |
Doris Dowling | Francesca |
Silvana Mangano | Silvana |
Raf Vallone | Marco |
Checco Rissone | Aristide |
Nico Pepe | Beppe |
Adriana Sivieri | Celeste |
Lia Corelli | Amelia |
Maria Grazia Francia | Gabriella |
Dedi Ristori | Anna |
Anna Maestri | Irene |
Mariemma Bardi | Gianna |
Maria Capuzzo | Giulia |
Isabella Marincola | Rosa |
Carlo Mazzarella | Gianetto |
Ermanno Randi | Paolo |
Antonio Nediani | Erminio |
Mariano Englen | Cesare |
Aristide Catoni | Man in Train |
Emilio Cigoli | Voce annunciatore radio alla stazione |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1951 | Oscar | Best Writing, Motion Picture Story | Nominated |