
Poster from TMDB
OverviewAI-generated
Il Grido is a 1957 Italian black-and-white drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The screenplay was written by Antonioni, Elio Bartolini, and Ennio de Concini. The cast features Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Betsy Blair, and Gabriella Pallotta. The narrative is set in Italy and follows a sugar-refinery worker who flees his Northern Italy town after a woman refuses his marriage proposal.
The film has a runtime of 115 to 116 minutes and was distributed by Netflix and the Criterion Channel. It was produced by SpA Cinematografica and Robert Alexander Productions. The original language is Italian, and the aspect ratio is 4:3. The composer is Giovanni Fusco, with Gianni Di Venanzo as director of photography and Eraldo Da Roma as film editor.
Critical reception includes a 7.5/10 rating from TMDb and a 7.6 rating from IMDb. The Rotten Tomatoes score is 71%. The film has received three wins and two nominations. It is described by the source 100 Italian films to be saved.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, OMDb, IMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film · TMDB
7.5A sugar-refinery worker flees his Northern Italy town after a woman refuses his marriage proposal.
Cast
- Steve Cochran as Aldo
- Alida Valli as Irma
- Dorian Gray as Virginia
- Jacqueline Jones as Andreina
- Gabriella Pallotta as Edera
- Pina Boldrini as Lina
Themes
- depression
- mechanic
- oil refinery
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
5,607 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
- Year
- 1957
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Director
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Screenwriter
- Ennio de Concini
- Cast member
- Elli Parvo
- Composer
- Giovanni Fusco
- Cinematographer
- Gianni Di Venanzo
- Narrative location
- Italy
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 229932
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Il grido.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 1957-01-01
- title
- Il grido
- film editor
- Eraldo Da Roma
- color
- black-and-white
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- Commons category
- Il grido
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 69%
- described by source
- 100 Italian films to be saved
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0