Overview
The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic activism. Struggling with life in 19th-century Italy, Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the David di Donatello for Best Film
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Based on
Based on Metello
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Setting
Set in Florence
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Music
Music by Ennio Morricone
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ennio Guarnieri
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Luigi BazzoniScreenplay
- Mauro BologniniScreenplay
- Ugo PirroScreenplay
- Vasco PratoliniNovel
- Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 10, 1970
- Original language
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
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Cast
Massimo RanieriMetello Salani
Ottavia PiccoloErsilia
Frank WolffBetto
Tina AumontIdina
Lucia BosèViola
Pino ColizziRenzoli
Mariano RigilloOlindo Tinai
Luigi DibertiLippi- Manuela AndreiAdele Salani
Corrado GaipaBadolati- Adolfo GeriDel Bueno
Claudio BiavaMoretti
Franco BalducciChellini
Steffen ZachariasPallesi
Sergio Ciulli
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Piero MorgiaFacchino
Gabriele LaviaUn carcerato
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