La Strada (1954) (La strada)

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Directed by

Federico Fellini

Starring (View all)

Anthony Quinn
Zampanò

Giulietta Masina
Gelsomina

Richard Basehart
The Fool

Aldo Silvani
Giraffa

Livia Venturini
Nun

Pietro Ceccarelli
Bartender

Gustavo Giorgi
(uncredited)

Mario Passante
Waiter

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Federico Fellini

Tullio Pinelli

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A great classic

13 years, 8 months ago at May 16 10:01

johanlefourbe

I have seen this movie a very long time ago but I was very impressed and I never have forgot it. To be honest, even though I have watched many other movies directed by Fellini, very often, it didn’t really connect with them, even some massive classics like ‘La Dolce Vita’ and ‘8 ½’. I mean, I did like them and I could see why they were considered masterpieces but they simply didn’t r... read more

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Description: Considered by many to be Federico Fellini's most beautiful and powerful film, La Strada was the first film to reveal the range of Guilietta Masina, whose poignant performance as the childlike Gelsomina recalls Chaplin's Little Tramp. The bubbly, waiflike Gelsomina is a simpleton sold to the gruff, bullying circus strongman Zampanò (Anthony Quinn) as a servant and assistant. Treated no better than an animal, Gelsomina nonetheless falls in love with the brute Zampanò. When they join a small circus they meet Il Matto (Richard Basehart), a clown who enchants Gelsomina and relentlessly taunts Zampanò, whose inability to control hi ... (more)

Release date: 16 July 1956
UPC: 037429135426

Tags: Italy (14), 1954 (13), 1950s (13), Drama (12), Italian (8), Circus (7), Fellini (6), Neorealism (6), Clown (5), Loneliness (5), Nun (4), Foreign (4), Black And White (3), Poverty (3), 50s (3), Road Movie (3), (3), Foreign Language (2), Realism (2), Mime (2)

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