Filmed in Italy - where it happened!
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. 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.
September 23, 1954
Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
16 people
Giulietta Masina
Gelsomina
Acting
Anthony Quinn
Zampanò
Acting
Richard Basehart
Il 'Matto'
Acting
Aldo Silvani
Il Signor Giraffa
Acting
Marcella Rovere
La Vedova
Acting
Livia Venturini
La Suorina
Acting
Pietro Ceccarelli
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Acting
Giovanna Galli
Prostitute at the Inn (uncredited)
Acting
Gustavo Giorgi
(uncredited)
Acting
Yami Kamadeva
Prostitute (uncredited)
Acting
Mario Passante
Waiter (uncredited)
Acting
Anna Primula
Gelsomina's Mother (uncredited)
Acting
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