The Tree of Wooden Clogs
“When the family of man was still—a family.”
1978•NR•3h 7m•7.6•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Ermanno Olmi
Writer
Ermanno Olmi
Languages
Italian
Studio
Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico
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
Production
Company
Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico
Company
RAI
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