The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
On a turn-of-the-20th-century northern Italian farm, a group of sharecroppers eke out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his wife Batistina that their young son Minec should be formally educated, so they sacrifice his help in the fields and send him to school. When Minec's wooden shoe breaks one day, Batisti--in an act of desperation--puts the family's future at risk to replace the clog.
Director: Ermanno Olmi
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Luigi Ornaghi as Batistì |
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Francesca Moriggi as Batistina |
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Omar Brignoli as Minec |
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Antonio Ferrari as Tuni |
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Teresa Brescianini as Widow Runk |
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Giuseppe Brignoli as Anselmo |
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Carlo Rota as Peppino |
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Pasqualina Brolis as Teresina |
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Massimo Fratus as Pierino |
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Francesca Villa as Annetta |
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Maria Grazia Caroli as Bettina |
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Battista Trevaini as Il Finard |
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Giuseppina Langalelli as La Moglie Finarda |
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Lorenzo Pedroni as Il Nonno Finard |
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Felice Cervi as Uslì |
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Pierangelo Bertoli as Secondo |
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Brunella Migliaccio as Olga |
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Giacomo Cavalleri as Brena |
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Lorenza Frigeni as La Moglie di Brena |
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Lucia Pezzoli as Maddalena |
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Franco Pilenga as Stefano |
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Guglielmo Badoni as Father |
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Laura Lecatelli as Mother |
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Carmelo Silva as Don Carlo |
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Mario Brignoli as Padrone |
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Emilio Pedroni as Fattore |
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Vittorio Capelli as Fritz |
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Francesca Bassurini as Luca Maria |
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Lina Ricci as Donna del Segno |
| Writing | Ermanno Olmi | Writer |
| Directing | Ermanno Olmi | Director |
| Editing | Ermanno Olmi | Editor |
| Art | Enrico Tovaglieri | Production Design |
| Art | Franco Gambarana | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Zucchelli | Costume Design |
| Directing | Fiorella Lugli | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Amedeo Casati | Sound Engineer |
| Camera | Carlo Petriccioli | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valeria Mariani | Seamstress |
| Camera | Ermanno Olmi | Director of Photography |
| Art | Rossella Guarama | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Enrico Leoni | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Giovanni Spinelli | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Antonio Calzavara | Electrician |
| Production | Alessandro Calosci | General Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guiliana DeCarli | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Italo Cameracanna | Sound Effects |
| Production | Domenico Di Parigi | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Attilio Torricelli | Production Manager |
| Sound | Aldo Ciorba | Sound Effects |
| Camera | Enrico Visconti | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Fernando Germani | Musician |
| Editing | Elma Rigoni | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Archimede Orlando | Administration |
