La TERRA TREMA
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.
Cast & credits
Cast
- mother of the Vicari family Maria Micale
- father of the Vicari family Sebastiano Valastro
- Vanni Antonino Micale
- Mara Nelluccia Giammona
- Lucia Agnese Giammona
- Alfio Salvatore Vicari
- Piccola Giuseppe Vicari
- 'Ntoni Antonio Arcidiacono
- Cola Giuseppe Arcidiacono
- la bionda Maria Vicari
- Pandolla Antonio Valastro
- Santo Santo Valastro
- Lorenzo Lorenzo Valastro
- Bandiera Alfio Valastro
- Raimondo Raimondo Valastro
- Don Salvatore, the police marshal Rosario Galvagno
- Nicola Nicola Castorino
- Nedda Rosa Costanzo
- Rosa Rosa Catalano
- Maccarrone Ignazio Maccarrone
- fisherman Pasquale Pellegrino
- Michele Alfio Fichera
- customer in the bar Angelo Morabito
- the laughing old lady Venera Bonaccorso
- Afro Francesco Valastro
- the pawnbroker Salvatore Valastro
- the baroness Carmela Fichera
- child Giovanni Maiorana
- cast member Giovanni Greco
- cast member Concettina Mirabella
Credits
Direction
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Assistant Director Francesco Rosi
- Assistant Director Franco Zeffirelli
Production
- Production Company Universalia
- Producer Salvo D'angelo
- Unit Production Manager Claudio Forges Davanzati
- Production Manager Anna Davini
- Production Manager Renato Silvestri
Writing
- Screenplay and Dialogue Luchino Visconti
- Screenplay and Dialogue Antonio Pietrangeli
- Story Luchino Visconti
- Based on "I Malavoglia" by Giovanni Verga
Photography
- Director of Photography G.R. Aldo
- Camera Operator Gianni Di Venanzo
- Assistant Camera Operator Aiace Parolin
- Gaffer Bruno Pasqualini
- Key Grip Nello Nutarelli
Stills
- Stills Photography Paul Ronald
Editing
- Editor Mario Serandrei
Music
- Music Co-ordinated by Luchino Visconti
- Music Co-ordinated and Directed by Willy Ferrero
- Musical Consultant Edoardo Micucci
Sound
- Sound Recording Mario Ronchetti
- Sound Vittorio Trentino
- Sound Ovidio Del Grande