1948 · U · 2h 40min
Drama · Foreign LanguageEnglish Title The Earth Trembles
Director Luchino Visconti
Stars Antonio Arcidiacono · Giuseppe Arcidiacono · Venera Bonaccorso · Venera Bonaccorso · Nicola Castorino · Rosa Catalano · Rosa Costanzo · Alfio Fichera · Carmela Fichera · Rosario Galvagno · Agnese Giammona · Nelluccia Giammona
Based on I Malavoglia by Giovanni Verga
Stars Antonio Arcidiacono · Giuseppe Arcidiacono · Venera Bonaccorso · Venera Bonaccorso · Nicola Castorino · Rosa Catalano · Rosa Costanzo · Alfio Fichera · Carmela Fichera · Rosario Galvagno · Agnese Giammona · Nelluccia Giammona
Based on I Malavoglia by Giovanni Verga
Written by Antonio Pietrangeli · Luchino Visconti
Release date 2 September 1948
Countries of origin Italy
Language(s) Spoken Sicilian · Italian
Sound Mix Mono Colour Black & White Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Sound Mix Mono Colour Black & White Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
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.
Glum.
"It's as if Sicily has existed in a bubble, unchanging for a century as sons take over the boats of their fathers and children apprentice at their feet, taking their place in 'a hopeless slavery.'"
— André Bazin, Esprit
