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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 (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.
Jan 23, 2003 · On their first day together, traveling entertainer Zampano (Anthony Quinn) discovers Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina, the director's wife), the assistant he's basically purchased, can't cook, and offers some instruction on performance, in Federico Fellini's La Strada, 1954.
- Federico Fellini
- Giulietta Masina
Apr 1, 1994 · A brutish strongman named Zampano (Anthony Quinn) tours Italy, living in a ramshackle caravan pulled by a motorcycle. He needs an assistant for his act, and from a poor widow at the seaside he purchases her slow-witted daughter Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina).
in the film's opening scene, surly-looking traveling strongman and circus performer Zampano (Anthony Quinn) suddenly appeared on his motorcycle at the seaside family village of his recently-deceased female companion Rosa who died under his care; Rosa's impoverished widowed mother (Anna Primula) informed her naive, wide and saucer-eyed young ...
Feb 22, 2021 · Set in post-war Italy, La Strada tells the story of a young woman, Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina), who is purchased from her mother by the travelling strongman Zampanò (Anthony Quinn) to act as his performing companion and sidekick. Moving from town to town, Gelsomina performs comic musical introductions to Zampanò’s strongman act, while ...
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Set in a seedy travelling carnival, this symbolism-laden drama revolves around brutish strongman Zampano (Anthony Quinn), his simple and servile girlfriend Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina, Fellini's wife), and clown/aerialist Matto (Richard Basehart). Appalled at Zampano's insensitive treatment of Gelsomina, the gentle-natured Matto invites her to ...
