Lure of the Sila

Lure of the Sila (1949)

Drama

Returning home after a night of love spent in a woodman's hut with Orsola, Pietro is arrested by the police for a crime he did not commit. His mother and youngest sister, Rosaria, go to Orsola begging her to provide Pietro with the alibi that will clear him. But Rocco, Orsola's brother, dreading a family scandal, constrains Orsola to silence. Condemned despite his innocence, Pietro escapes from prison, but the police track him down and kill him, and his mother, before the eyes of Rosaria. Years pass, and one day Rocco stumbles upon a half-frozen young woman lying in the snow. He takes her home and confides her to the care of Orsola. Later, yielding to the pleas of Orsola, Rocco and Rocco's son, Salvatore, the girl stays on in the house, and Salvatore falls in love with the beautiful stranger, who is careful to keep the family members from learning she is Rosaria, the grown up sister of Pietro seeking revenge for the deaths of her brother and mother.

Director: Duilio Coletti
Writers: Steno, Mario Monicelli, Carlo Musso, Ivo Perilli, Vincenzo Talarico, Giuseppe Gironda.

Casts

	Amedeo Nazzari as Rocco Barra
	Silvana Mangano as Rosaria Campolo
	Jacques Sernas as Salvatore Barra
	Luisa Rossi as Orsola Barra
	Vittorio Gassman as Pietro Campolo (as Vittorio Gassmann)
	Olga Solbelli as La madre di Rosaria
	Dante Maggio as Gennaro
	Laura Cortese as Rosaria da bambina
	Michele Capezzuoli as Salvatore da bambino
	Attilio Dottesio as uomo che importuna Rosaria alla fiera

Crew