Country: Italy
Year: 1950
Duration: 100'
Francesco Dominici, a shepherd who has just returned from the war, has a sheep stolen from him, and decides to get his revenge on the domineering Agostino Bonfiglio, who became rich through black marketeering during the war and who is almost certainly the one who ordered the theft. But Francesco ends up in prison and Bonfiglio tries to seduce Lucia, his woman. The shepherd escapes from prison and starts to hunt down his rival.
Biography
film director
Giuseppe De Santis
Giuseppe De Santis (Fondi 1917 - Rome 1997) began working in cinema in the 1940's as a critic, screenwriter and assistant to Luchino Visconti on Ossessione (1942). He participated in the Resistance in Rome and, in 1946, worked with Aldo Vergano on Outcry. In 1947 he debuted in directing with The Tragic Hunt and, two years later, directed his masterpiece Bitter Rice. In 1950 he made Under the Olive Tree, which was filmed in Lazio and is the ideal continuation of the preceding film. He then made Rome 11:00H one of his biggest international successes. In Yugoslavia he directed Road a Year Long (1958), and he went on location in the Soviet Union to direct Attack and Retreat (1964), one of his most emotional films. After a long silence, he participated in the filming of Oggi è un Altro Giorno (1995).
FILMOGRAFIA
Caccia tragica (1947), Riso amaro (1949), Non c'È pace tra gli ulivi (1950), Roma ore 11 (1951), Un marito per Anna Zaccheo (1953), Giorni d'amore (1954), Uomini e lupi (1956), La strada lunga un anno (1958), La garÁonniÈre (1960), Italiani brava gente (1964), Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire (1972), Oggi è un altro giorno (1995).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Giuseppe De Santis.
Plot: Giuseppe De Santis, Gianni Puccini.
Screenplay: Giuseppe De Santis, Gianni Puccini, Libero De Libero, Carlo Lizzani.
Director of photography: Piero Portalupi.
Art director: Carlo Egidi.
Editor: Gabriele Varriale.
Music: Goffredo Petrassi.
Cast and characters: Raf Vallone (Francesco Dominici), Lucia Bosé (Lucia), Folco Lulli (Agostino Bonfiglio), Maria Grazia Francia, Dante Maggio.
Production company: Lux Film.
Copia restaurata dalla Fondazione Scuola Nazionale di Cinema - Cineteca Nazionale.
Plot: Giuseppe De Santis, Gianni Puccini.
Screenplay: Giuseppe De Santis, Gianni Puccini, Libero De Libero, Carlo Lizzani.
Director of photography: Piero Portalupi.
Art director: Carlo Egidi.
Editor: Gabriele Varriale.
Music: Goffredo Petrassi.
Cast and characters: Raf Vallone (Francesco Dominici), Lucia Bosé (Lucia), Folco Lulli (Agostino Bonfiglio), Maria Grazia Francia, Dante Maggio.
Production company: Lux Film.
Copia restaurata dalla Fondazione Scuola Nazionale di Cinema - Cineteca Nazionale.
