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:
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli.
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Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina |
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Anthony Quinn as Zampanò |
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Richard Basehart as Il 'Matto' |
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Aldo Silvani as Il Signor Giraffa |
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Marcella Rovere as La Vedova |
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Livia Venturini as La Suorina |
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Pietro Ceccarelli as Innkeeper (uncredited) |
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Giovanna Galli as Prostitute at the 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 from Attacking (uncredited) |
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Nazzareno Zamperla as Man Restraining Zampano from Attacking (uncredited) |
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Arnoldo Foà as Zampanò (Voice) (Uncredited) |
| Directing | Federico Fellini | Director |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Screenplay |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Production | Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Otello Martelli | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Story |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Story |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Dialogue |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Co-Writer |
| Directing | Moraldo Rossi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Paolo Nuzzi | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Narciso Vicario | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Rinaldo Boggio | Sound |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Art | Mario Ravasco | Production Design |
| Art | Enrico Cervelli | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dante Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margherita Marinari | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eligio Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Aldo Calpini | Sound |
| Camera | Roberto Gerardi | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Lina Caterini | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Leo Catozzo | Editor |
| Camera | Carlo Carlini | Director of Photography |
| Production | Luigi Giacosi | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Danilo Fallani | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Giorgio Morra | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Angelo Cittadini | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | A. Piatti | Still Photographer |