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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 647 1950s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
1,197 audience votes
Key crew
- Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
- Federico FelliniDirector
- Federico FelliniScreenplay
- Tullio PinelliScreenplay
Cast
- Giulietta MasinaGelsomina
- Anthony QuinnZampanò
- Richard BasehartMatto
- Aldo SilvaniMr. Giraffa
- Marcella RovereWidow
- Livia VenturiniNun
- Pietro CeccarelliInnkeeper (uncredited)
- Giovanna GalliProstitute at Inn (uncredited)
- Gustavo Giorgi(uncredited)
- Yami KamadevaProstitute (uncredited)
- Mario PassanteWaiter (uncredited)
- Anna PrimulaGelsomina's Mother (uncredited)
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