La Strada
Filmed in Italy - where it happened!
7.9(1,181) 1954-09-23 115 minDrama
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.
DirectorFederico Fellini
ScreenplayFederico Fellini
ScreenplayTullio Pinelli
ProducerDino De Laurentiis
ProducerCarlo Ponti
Original Music ComposerNino Rota
Cast & characters
Giulietta Masina
as Gelsomina
Anthony Quinn
as Zampanò
Richard Basehart
as Il 'Matto'
Aldo Silvani
as Il Signor Giraffa
Marcella Rovere
as La Vedova
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Livia Venturini
as La Suorina
Pietro Ceccarelli
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
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Giovanna Galli
as Prostitute at the Inn (uncredited)
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Gustavo Giorgi
as (uncredited)
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Yami Kamadeva
as Prostitute (uncredited)
Mario Passante
as Waiter (uncredited)
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Anna Primula
as Gelsomina's Mother (uncredited)
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Alexandre Trannoy
as Juggler (uncredited)
Goffredo Unger
as Man Restraining Zampano from Attacking (uncredited)
Nazzareno Zamperla
as Man Restraining Zampano from Attacking (uncredited)
Arnoldo Foà
as Zampanò (Voice) (Uncredited)
