The Year Long Road (1958)
Set in an unspecified country and an unspecified time period, the film follows a communist intelectual who, after travelling the world for many decades, decides to return and settle down to the place he grew up in, a small coastal village seemingly forgotten by time itself. With him, he brings news of the dawn of a new world on the horizon, with which he wishes to connect with through constructing a modern highway. This news is welcomed in the village, however, the construction of the road begins to bring out violent conflicts, reveals forbidden romances and ends up regressing the community even further into the darkness from which it wanted to escape.
Director: Giuseppe De Santis
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Silvana Pampanini as Giuseppina Pancrazi (Katarina) |
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Eleonora Rossi Drago as Susanna |
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Massimo Girotti as Chiacchiera (Naklapalo) |
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Bert Sotlar as Guglielmo Cosma (Emil Kozma) |
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Ivica Pajer as Lorenco |
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Milivoje Živanović as Učitelj |
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Gordana Miletić as Angela |
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Nikša Stefanini as David |
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Hermina Pipinić as Agneza |
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Lia Rho-Barbieri as Roza |
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Antun Vrdoljak as Bernard |
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Branko Tatić as Antonio |
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Radojko Jezić as Načelnik |
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Nada Škrinjar as Matilda |
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Rikard Brzeska as |
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Petar Spajić 'Suljo' as Donato |
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Dragica Mezmarić as Rozina mater |
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August Cilić as Djed Gregorije |
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Neda Pataki as Emilova kći |
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Milan Vojnović as |
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Ljubo Dijan as Barun |
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Milan Lentić as Svećenik |
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Tihomir Polanec as Mladić iz sela |
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Zdravko Smojver as Mladić iz sela |
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Milan Ramljak as Mladić iz sela |
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Ljudevit Galić as Redar / Policajac |
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Marko Šoljačić as Vozač zaprege |
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Aleksandar Andrijić as |
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Željko Ringl as |
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Moric Danon as |
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Dragan Knapić as |
| Directing | Giuseppe De Santis | Director |
| Writing | Giuseppe De Santis | Writer |
| Writing | Maurizio Ferrara | Writer |
| Writing | Tonino Guerra | Writer |
| Writing | Elio Petri | Writer |
| Writing | Gianni Puccini | Writer |
| Writing | Mario Socrate | Writer |
| Camera | Marco Scarpelli | Director of Photography |
| Art | Želimir Zagotta | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jagoda Buic | Costume Design |
| Production | Stipe Gurdulić | Production Manager |
| Production | Zvonko Kovačić | Production Manager |
| Production | Josip Lulić | Production Manager |
| Directing | Stipe Delić | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Oscar Di Santo | Sound |
| Sound | Erik Molnar | Sound |
| Sound | Albert Pregernik | Sound |
| Editing | Boris Tešija | Editor |
| Sound | Vladimir Kraus-Rajterić | Original Music Composer |
