Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Released
- 23 September 1954
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Director
- Federico Fellini
- Writers
- Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli
- Countries
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian
- Production
- Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
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Cast
Giulietta Masina
Anthony Quinn
Richard Basehart
Aldo Silvani
Marcella Rovere- LLivia Venturini
Pietro Ceccarelli- GGiovanna Galli
- GGustavo Giorgi
- YYami Kamadeva