
On a turn-of-the-20th-century northern Italian farm, a group of sharecroppers eke out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his wife Batistina that their young son Minec should be formally educated, so they sacrifice his help in the fields and send him to school. When Minec's wooden shoe breaks one day, Batisti--in an act of desperation--puts the family's future at risk to replace the clog.
Cast
Luigi Ornaghi
Batistì
Francesca Moriggi
Batistina
Omar Brignoli
Minec
Antonio Ferrari
Tuni
Teresa Brescianini
Widow Runk
Giuseppe Brignoli
Anselmo
Carlo Rota
Peppino
Pasqualina Brolis
Teresina
Massimo Fratus
Pierino
Francesca Villa
Annetta
Maria Grazia Caroli
Bettina
Battista Trevaini
Il Finard
Giuseppina Langalelli
La Moglie Finarda
Lorenzo Pedroni
Il Nonno Finard
Felice Cervi
Uslì
Pierangelo Bertoli
Secondo
Brunella Migliaccio
Olga
Giacomo Cavalleri
Brena
Lorenza Frigeni
La Moglie di Brena
Lucia Pezzoli
Maddalena
Franco Pilenga
Stefano
Guglielmo Badoni
Father
Laura Lecatelli
Mother
Carmelo Silva
Don Carlo
Mario Brignoli
Padrone
Emilio Pedroni
Fattore
Vittorio Capelli
Fritz
Francesca Bassurini
Luca Maria
Lina Ricci
Donna del Segno
Crew

Ermanno Olmi
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Elma Rigoni
Assistant Editor
Domenico Di Parigi
Production Supervisor
Enrico Tovaglieri
Production Design
Carlo Petriccioli
Camera Operator
Enrico Visconti
Assistant Camera
Francesca Zucchelli
Costume Design
Guiliana DeCarli
Makeup Artist
Italo Cameracanna
Sound Effects
Aldo Ciorba
Sound Effects
Amedeo Casati
Sound Engineer
Fernando Germani
Musician
Franco Gambarana
Set Decoration
Fiorella Lugli
Script Supervisor
Antonio Calzavara
Electrician
Alessandro Calosci
General Manager
Rossella Guarama
Assistant Production Design
Giovanni Spinelli
Key Grip
Attilio Torricelli
Production Manager
Valeria Mariani
Seamstress
Archimede Orlando
Administration
Enrico Leoni
Production Secretary


















