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Joining the tragic exodus of millions from Italy’s impoverished south, the formidable matriarch of the Parondi clan (Katina Paxinou, Best Supporting Oscar winner, For Whom the Bell Tolls) and her brood emerge from Milan’s looming Stazione Centrale in search of a better life in the industrial north. But, as they inch up the social ladder, family bonds are ruthlessly shredded, as the love of Delon’s saintly Rocco (“one of the most vivid and complex characters in all of Visconti’s work” – Vincent Canby) for prostitute Girardot drives brutish boxing sibling Renato Salvatori to rape and murder.
Original Release
10/06/1960
US Release
06/26/1961
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Alain Delon | Rocco Parondi |
Renato Salvatori | Simone Parondi |
Annie Girardot | Nadia |
Katina Paxinou | Rosaria Parondi |
Alessandra Panaro | Ciro's Fiancee |
Max Cartier | Ciro Parondi |
Corrado Pani | Ivo |
Rocco Vidolazzi | Luca Parondi |
Claudia Mori | Laundry Worker |
Adriana Asti | Laundry Worker |
Directors
Writers
Luchino Visconti, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Vasco Pratolini, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Enrico Medioli, Giovanni Testori
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alain Delon | Rocco Parondi |
Renato Salvatori | Simone Parondi |
Annie Girardot | Nadia |
Katina Paxinou | Rosaria Parondi |
Alessandra Panaro | Ciro's Fiancee |
Max Cartier | Ciro Parondi |
Corrado Pani | Ivo |
Rocco Vidolazzi | Luca Parondi |
Claudia Mori | Laundry Worker |
Adriana Asti | Laundry Worker |
Enzo Fiermonte | Boxer |
Nino Castelnuovo | Nino Rossi |
Rosario Borelli | Un biscazziere |
Renato Terra | Alfredo, Ginetta's brother / Boxing match spectator |
Roger Hanin | Morini |
Paolo Stoppa | Cerri |
Suzy Delair | Luisa |
Claudia Cardinale | Ginetta |
Jerome Adjer | Black boxeur |
Orlando Baralla | Croupier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Goffredo Lombardo | Producer |