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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Lidia Venturini
Crew: Otello Martelli (Director of Photography), Federico Fellini (Screenplay), Nino Rota (Original Music Composer), Federico Fellini (Director), Dino De Laurentiis (Producer), Tullio Pinelli (Screenplay)
Country: Italy
Language: Italiano
Studio: Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
Runtime: 115 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 23, 1954
IMDb: 3.08
Keywords:prison, dying and death, rage and hate, unsociability, circus, authority, in love with enemy, wave, sadness, road trip, single, revenge
