La terra trema (Original title)La terra trema Episodio del mare (Alternative title)The Earth Trembles (Alternative title)The Earth Will Tremble (Alternative title)
Date: 02 September 1948 (Release)Country: ItalyDirector: Luchino Visconti
Synopsis: Drama set in the fishing village of Aci Trezza in Sicily. Tired of being exploited by the wholesalers, Ntoni mortgages his family home in order to buy a boat and start working for himself. However when a storm destroys the boat the family is ruined, loses their house and is forced to beg the wholesalers for work. Nevertheless Ntoni continues to hope that one day the fishermen will be able to better themselves. Note: Originally titled "La terra trema- episodio del mare", it was intended to be the first part of a trilogy dealing with the class struggle in Sicily, however the other two episodes were never made. The film was shot in Sicilian dialect, with an added commentary in standard Italian spoken by the director Visconti and the assistant director Antonio Pietrangeli. All the actors were non-professiol actors from the village of Aci Trezza.Synopsis: Set and shot in a small village on the east coast of Sicily and using non-professional actors, tells the story of a fishing family who try to escape from poverty and exploitation by becoming the owners of their own boat. To acquire the boat, the family has to mortgage their house, and when the boat is destroyed in a storm, they are ruined.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Sicily, Fishermen, Fishing industry, Unemployment
Releases
Date: 02 September 1948Country: ItalyRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 158 mins Length: 4463 MetresSubtitles: Italian
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 153 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 02 September 1948 (Release)Country: ItalyDirector: Luchino Visconti
Synopsis: Drama set in the fishing village of Aci Trezza in Sicily. Tired of being exploited by the wholesalers, Ntoni mortgages his family home in order to buy a boat and start working for himself. However when a storm destroys the boat the family is ruined, loses their house and is forced to beg the wholesalers for work. Nevertheless Ntoni continues to hope that one day the fishermen will be able to better themselves. Note: Originally titled "La terra trema- episodio del mare", it was intended to be the first part of a trilogy dealing with the class struggle in Sicily, however the other two episodes were never made. The film was shot in Sicilian dialect, with an added commentary in standard Italian spoken by the director Visconti and the assistant director Antonio Pietrangeli. All the actors were non-professiol actors from the village of Aci Trezza.Synopsis: Set and shot in a small village on the east coast of Sicily and using non-professional actors, tells the story of a fishing family who try to escape from poverty and exploitation by becoming the owners of their own boat. To acquire the boat, the family has to mortgage their house, and when the boat is destroyed in a storm, they are ruined.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Sicily, Fishermen, Fishing industry, Unemployment
Releases
Date: 02 September 1948Country: ItalyRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 158 mins Length: 4463 MetresSubtitles: Italian
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 153 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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Production Company: Universalia, Producer: Salvo D'angelo, Unit Production Manager: Claudio Forges Davanzati, Production Manager: Anna Davini, Production Manager: Renato Silvestri, Assistant Director: Francesco Rosi, Assistant Director: Franco Zeffirelli, Screenplay and Dialogue: Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli, Story: Luchino Visconti, Based on "I Malavoglia" by: Giovanni Verga, Director of Photography: G.R. Aldo, Camera Operator: Gianni Di Venanzo, Assistant Camera Operator: Aiace Parolin, Gaffer: Bruno Pasqualini, Key Grip: Nello Nutarelli, Stills Photography: Paul Ronald, Editor: Mario Serandrei, Music Co-ordinated by: Luchino Visconti, Music Co-ordinated and Directed by: Willy Ferrero, Musical Consultant: Edoardo Micucci, Sound Recording: Mario Ronchetti, Sound: Vittorio Trentino, Sound: Ovidio Del Grande
Cast
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Maria Micale (mother of the Vicari family), Sebastiano Valastro (father of the Vicari family), Antonino Micale (Vanni), Nelluccia Giammona (Mara), Agnese Giammona (Lucia), Salvatore Vicari (Alfio), Giuseppe Vicari (Piccola), Antonio Arcidiacono ('Ntoni), Giuseppe Arcidiacono (Cola), Maria Vicari (la bionda), Antonio Valastro (Pandolla), Santo Valastro (Santo), Lorenzo Valastro (Lorenzo), Alfio Valastro (Bandiera), Raimondo Valastro (Raimondo), Rosario Galvagno (Don Salvatore, the police marshal), Nicola Castorino (Nicola), Rosa Costanzo (Nedda), Rosa Catalano (Rosa), Ignazio Maccarrone (Maccarrone), Pasquale Pellegrino (fisherman), Alfio Fichera (Michele), Angelo Morabito (customer in the bar), Venera Bonaccorso (the laughing old lady), Francesco Valastro (Afro), Salvatore Valastro (the pawnbroker), Carmela Fichera (the baroness), Giovanni Maiorana (child), Giovanni Greco, Concettina Mirabella