Under the Olive Tree (1950)
A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.
Director:
Giuseppe De Santis
Writers:
Carlo Lizzani, Giuseppe De Santis, Gianni Puccini, Libero De Libero.
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Raf Vallone as Francesco Dominici |
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Lucia Bosè as Lucia Silvestri |
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Folco Lulli as Agostino Bonfiglio |
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Maria Grazia Francia as Maria Grazia Dominici |
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Dante Maggio as Salvatore Capuano |
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Michele Riccardini as Il maresciallo |
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Vincenzo Talarico as L'avvocato difensore di Francesco |
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Pietro Tordi as L'avvocato Gaetano Bertarelli |
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Angelina Chiusano as La madre di Agostino |
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Attilio Torelli as |
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Giacomo Sticca as |
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Maddalena Di Tricchio as |
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Giuseppina Corona as |
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Tommaso Di Gregorio as |
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Giovanni Paparella as |
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Vincenzo Jannone as |
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Vincenzo Vaticone as |
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Giuseppe De Santis as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Giuseppe De Santis | Director |
| Writing | Giuseppe De Santis | Story |
| Writing | Gianni Puccini | Story |
| Writing | Carlo Lizzani | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giuseppe De Santis | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gianni Puccini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Libero De Libero | Screenplay |
| Camera | Marco Scarpelli | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Idelmo Simonelli | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Pasqualino De Santis | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Roberto Moretti | Production Assistant |
| Production | Leopoldo Savona | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Gina Guglielmotti | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Elirio Invernizzi | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Basilio Franchina | Co-Director |
| Directing | Gianni Puccini | Co-Director |
| Sound | Goffredo Petrassi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Antonio Pedrotti | Conductor |
| Production | Domenico Forges Davanzati | Producer |
| Camera | Piero Portalupi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gabriele Varriale | Editor |
| Art | Carlo Egidi | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Gobbi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libero Politi | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Vittorio Musy Glori | Production Manager |
| Sound | Venanzio Biraschi | Sound |
| Sound | Giovanni Rossi | Sound |
