In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.
Cast
Antonio Arcidiacono
Ntoni (uncredited)
Giuseppe Arcidiacono
Cola (uncredited)
Venera Bonaccorso
La Vecchia Che Ride (uncredited)
Nicola Castorino
Nicola (uncredited)
Rosa Catalano
Rosa (uncredited)
Rosa Costanzo
Nedda (uncredited)
Alfio Fichera
Michele (uncredited)
Carmela Fichera
La Baronessa (uncredited)
Rosario Galvagno
Don Salvatore, il Maresciallo dei Carabinieri (uncredited)
Agnese Giammona
Lucia (uncredited)
Nelluccia Giammona
Mara (uncredited)
Giovanni Greco
(uncredited)
Ignazio Maccarone
Maccarone (uncredited)
Giovanni Maiorana
Un Bambino (uncredited)
Antonino Micale
Vanni (uncredited)
Maria Micale
La Madre (uncredited)
Concettina Mirabella
(uncredited)
Angelo Morabito
Un Cliente dell'Osteria (uncredited)
Pasquale Pellegrino
Pescatore (uncredited)
Amilcare Pettinelli
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Antonio Pietrangeli
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Alfio Valastro
Bandiera (uncredited)
Antonino Valastro
Pandolla (uncredited)
Francesco Valastro
Afro (uncredited)
Lorenzo Valastro
Lorenzo (uncredited)
Raimondo Valastro
Raimondo (uncredited)
Salvatore Valastro
Il Pignoratore (uncredited)
Santo Valastro
Santo (uncredited)
Sebastiano Valastro
Il Padre (uncredited)
Giuseppe Vicari
Piccola (uncredited)
Salvatore Vicari
Alfio (uncredited)
Luchino Visconti
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Luchino Visconti
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Music Coordinator
Antonio Pietrangeli
Screenplay
Giovanni Verga
Novel
Mario Serandrei
Editor
G.R. Aldo
Director of Photography
Francesco Rosi
Assistant Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Assistant Director
Salvo D'Angelo
Producer
Gianni Di Venanzo
Camera Operator
Aiace Parolin
Assistant Camera
Mario Ronchetti
Sound Recordist
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound Engineer
Vittorio Trentino
Sound
Domenico Dubbini
Boom Operator
Willy Ferrero
Original Music Composer, Music Coordinator, Conductor
Paul Ronald
Still Photographer
Demofilo Fidani
Assistant Director Trainee
Nello Nutarelli
Key Grip
Bruno Pasqualini
Gaffer
Anna Davini
Production Manager
Renato Silvestri
Production Manager
Claudio Forges Davanzati
Unit Manager
