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*La Strada* is a 1954 Italian black-and-white drama film directed by Federico Fellini. The cast includes Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Marcella Rovena, and Goffredo Unger. Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti served as producers, while Nino Rota composed the music. Otello Martelli was the director of photography. The film was produced by Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica and filmed in Abruzzo, with Italy serving as the narrative location.
The film has a runtime of 104 minutes, though other sources list durations of 108 and 115 minutes. It was released on September 23, 1954, and distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. *La Strada* is part of the Vatican's list of films and was described by the source *100 Italian films to be saved*.
The film received the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It has received various review scores, including 8.8/10 and 98%, with an IMDb rating of 8.0 based on 69,956 votes.
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Film · TMDB
7.9When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Cast
- Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina
- Anthony Quinn as Zampanò
- Richard Basehart as Il 'Matto'
- Aldo Silvani as Il Signor Giraffa
- Marcella Rovere as La Vedova
- Livia Venturini as La Suorina
Themes
- prison
- dying and death
- rage and hate
- unsociability
- circus
- authority
- in love with enemy
- wave
- sadness
- road trip
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Ratings
IMDb
8/10
68,802 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
- Year
- 1954
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- Vatican's list of films
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Director
- Federico Fellini
- Screenwriter
- Federico Fellini
- Composer
- Nino Rota
- Producer
- Carlo Ponti
- Cinematographer
- Otello Martelli
- Narrative location
- Italy
- Filming location
- Abruzzo
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 921210
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- La strada film.jpg
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- Commons category
- La Strada (film)
- publication date
- 1954-09-23
- title
- La strada
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- different from
- La Strada
- review score
- 98%
- described by source
- 100 Italian films to be saved
Sources (15)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Italiano
La strada è un film drammatico del 1954 diretto da Federico Fellini. È l'opera che diede una grande notorietà internazionale al regista, che nel 1957 vinse l'Oscar al miglior film in lingua straniera alla 29ª edizione (anno in cui fu istituita tale categoria di premio). Il film è stato poi selezionato tra i 100 film italiani da salvare.
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