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.
Anthony Quinn | Zampanò | |
Giulietta Masina | Gelsomina | |
Richard Basehart | Il matto | |
Aldo Silvani | Colombaioni detto 'Signor Giraffa' | |
Marcella Rovena | La vedova | |
Livia Venturini | La suorina | |
Pietro Ceccarelli | Il proprietario dell'osteria | |
Giovanna Galli | La prostututa all'osteria | |
Gustavo Giorgi | ||
Yami Kamadeva | Un prostituta | |
Mario Passante | Il cameriere | |
Anna Primula | La madre di Gelsomina | |
Alexandre Trannoy | Il giocoliere | |
Goffredo Unger | Un uomo che trattiene Zampano | |
Nazzareno Zamperla | Un uomo che trattiene Zampano |
Director | Federico Fellini | |
Writer | Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano | |
Producer | Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti | |
Musician | Nino Rota | |
Photography | Otello Martelli, Carlo Carlini |