A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.
Cast
Raf Vallone
Francesco Dominici
Lucia Bosè
Lucia Silvestri
Folco Lulli
Agostino Bonfiglio
Maria Grazia Francia
Maria Grazia Dominici
Dante Maggio
Salvatore Capuano
Michele Riccardini
Il maresciallo
Vincenzo Talarico
L'avvocato difensore di Francesco
Pietro Tordi
L'avvocato Gaetano Bertarelli
Angelina Chiusano
La madre di Agostino
Attilio Torelli
Unknown
Giacomo Sticca
Unknown
Maddalena Di Tricchio
Unknown
Giuseppina Corona
Unknown
Tommaso Di Gregorio
Unknown
Giovanni Paparella
Unknown
Vincenzo Jannone
Unknown
Vincenzo Vaticone
Unknown
Giuseppe De Santis
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Giuseppe De Santis
Director, Screenplay, Story
Gianni Puccini
Co-Director, Screenplay, Story
Basilio Franchina
Co-Director
Carlo Lizzani
Screenplay
Libero De Libero
Screenplay
Gabriele Varriale
Editor
Piero Portalupi
Director of Photography
Domenico Forges Davanzati
Producer
Roberto Moretti
Production Assistant
Leopoldo Savona
Production Assistant
Carlo Egidi
Production Design
Marco Scarpelli
Camera Operator
Pasqualino De Santis
Assistant Camera
Idelmo Simonelli
Assistant Camera
Anna Gobbi
Costume Design
Libero Politi
Makeup Artist
Giovanni Rossi
Sound
Venanzio Biraschi
Sound
Goffredo Petrassi
Original Music Composer
Elirio Invernizzi
Still Photographer
Gina Guglielmotti
Script Supervisor
Vittorio Musy Glori
Production Manager
Antonio Pedrotti
Conductor
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