La Strada (1954)
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Director:
Federico Fellini
Writers:
Tullio Pinelli, Federico Fellini.
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Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina |
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Anthony Quinn as Zampanò |
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Richard Basehart as Matto |
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Aldo Silvani as Mr. Giraffa |
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Marcella Rovere as Widow |
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Livia Venturini as Nun |
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Pietro Ceccarelli as Innkeeper (uncredited) |
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Giovanna Galli as Prostitute at Inn (uncredited) |
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Gustavo Giorgi as (uncredited) |
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Yami Kamadeva as Prostitute (uncredited) |
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Mario Passante as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Anna Primula as Gelsomina's Mother (uncredited) |
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Alexandre Trannoy as Juggler (uncredited) |
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Goffredo Unger as Man Restraining Zampano (uncredited) |
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Nazzareno Zamperla as Man Restraining Zampano (uncredited) |
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Arnoldo Foà as Zampanò (voice) (uncredited) |
| Production | Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Screenplay |
| Directing | Federico Fellini | Director |
| Camera | Otello Martelli | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Screenplay |
| Directing | Moraldo Rossi | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Dialogue |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Story |
| Directing | Narciso Vicario | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Story |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Co-Writer |
| Sound | Rinaldo Boggio | Sound |
| Directing | Paolo Nuzzi | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Art | Mario Ravasco | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dante Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Enrico Cervelli | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margherita Marinari | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eligio Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Roberto Gerardi | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Lina Caterini | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Aldo Calpini | Sound |
| Editing | Leo Catozzo | Editor |
| Production | Giorgio Morra | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Angelo Cittadini | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Carlo Carlini | Director of Photography |
| Production | Luigi Giacosi | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | A. Piatti | Still Photographer |
| Production | Danilo Fallani | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Assistant Director Trainee |