The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Overview
On a northern Italian farm, Batistì and his wife decide to send their son Minec to school, sacrificing his help in the fields but hoping to break the cycle of poverty in the family. But when Minec’s shoe breaks while walking for miles, Batisti puts the family’s future at risk to replace the clog.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 10.159 |
Directed By
Ermanno Olmi
Crew
Ermanno Olmi
Ermanno Olmi
Ermanno Olmi
Enrico Tovaglieri
Franco Gambarana
Francesca Zucchelli
Valeria Mariani
Fiorella Lugli
Carlo Petriccioli
Ermanno Olmi
Amedeo Casati
Guiliana DeCarli
Alessandro Calosci
Domenico Di Parigi
Attilio Torricelli
Rossella Guarama
Italo Cameracanna
Aldo Ciorba
Antonio Calzavara
Giovanni Spinelli
Enrico Visconti
Elma Rigoni
Fernando Germani
Enrico Leoni
Archimede Orlando
TOP 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
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