La Terra Trema
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.
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Cast
32 people
Antonio Arcidiacono
Ntoni (uncredited)
Giuseppe Arcidiacono
Cola (uncredited)
Venera Bonaccorso
La Vecchia Che Ride (uncredited)
Nicola Castorino
Nicola (uncredited)
Rosa Catalano
Rosa (uncredited)
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Rosa Costanzo
Nedda (uncredited)
Alfio Fichera
Michele (uncredited)
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Carmela Fichera
La Baronessa (uncredited)
Rosario Galvagno
Don Salvatore, il Maresciallo dei Carabinieri (uncredited)
Agnese Giammona
Lucia (uncredited)
Nelluccia Giammona
Mara (uncredited)
Giovanni Greco
(uncredited)
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Luchino Visconti Director · Antonio Pietrangeli Screenplay Giovanni Verga Author
First release September 2, 1948 · Produced in Italy · Production AR.TE.AS Film
Production
Universalia Film
Production
AR.TE.AS Film
Production
Italy
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Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 2, 1948
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · December 3, 1949
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
November 1, 1989 · Premiere · Torino Film Festival
July 2, 2001 · Premiere · Taormina Film Festival
Netherlands
November 6, 1980 · Theatrical · Re-release
September 10, 2009 · Physical · DVD
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