La terra trema

Dec 3 1949 Not Rated 2h 40m
Drama

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

Plot

Poor Sicilian fishermen are exploited by fish wholesalers. One of the families is trying to escape them by being their own bosses and buying their own boat. But nobody helps them, and even the weather and fate are against them. How can they win in a wild world?

Written by

Antonio Pietrangeli, Giovanni Verga, Luchino Visconti

Directed by

Luchino Visconti

Production Countries

Italy

Production Companies

Compagnia Edizioni Internazionali Artistiche Distribuzione (CEIAD), Universalia Film

Languages

Italiano

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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