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La strada (The Road) is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman ( Giulietta Masina ) bought from her mother by Zampanò ( Anthony Quinn ), a brutish strongman who takes her with him on the road.
May 19, 2017 · Federico Fellini’s La strada (1954) tells the story of a young woman from an impoverished family who is sold to a strongman in a traveling circus. Not only did the film launch Fellini’s career internationally, it also provided a once-in-a-lifetime central role for his wife of 11 years, Giulietta Masina, who played the heartbreakingly ...
La Strada: Directed by Federico Fellini. With Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani. A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
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- Federico Fellini
- 1956-07-16
La strada. With this breakthrough film, Federico Fellini launched both himself and his wife and collaborator Giulietta Masina to international stardom, breaking with the neorealism of his early career in favor of a personal, poetic vision of life as a bittersweet carnival.
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La strada. Year: 1954. Format: Black and white. Runtime: 94 min. Production: Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti. Word sales: Paramount. Viewed censorship: 1731118/09/1954. Zampanò, a violent-tempered man, makes his living as an itinerant fire-swallower.
A brutish travelling strongman (Anthony Quinn) acquires a waif-like young assistant (Giulietta Masina) before taking to the road in Federico Fellini’s acclaimed neo-realist fable.
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Filmed in Italy - where it happened! Overview. When 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.