Stars: Richard Basehart,
Giuletta Masina, Anthony Quinn,
Marcella Rovere, Aldo Silvani,
Livia Venturini
Director: Federico Fellini
There has never beena face quite like that of Giulietta Masina.
Her husband, thelegendary Federico Fellini, directs heras Gelsominain La Strada, thefilm that launched them bothto international stardom. Gelsomina issold byher mother into theemploy of Zampano (Anthony Quinn),a brutal traveling strongman. They join up
witha traveling circus where Zampano encounters his old rival,
tightrope artist theFool (Richard Basehart). With La Strada,
Fellini left behind thefamiliar signposts if neorealism fora poetic fable of love andcruelty. The Criterion Collection isproudto present La Strada, winner of theAcademy Awardfor Best Foreign Filmin 1956.
Format: Full
Screen
Special Features:
Video Introduction (by
Martin Scorsese), Audio Commentary
(by Peter Bondanella, Author
of Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to Present and The Cinema of Federico Fellini),Federico
Fellini’s Autobiography (ADocumentary
Made for Italian Television
by Paquito del Bosco), Optional English-Dubbed
Soundtrack (Featuring
The Voices of Anthony Quinn
and Richard Basehart), New Essay (by
Film Scholar Peter Matthews),
Theatrical Trailer (For
The English Version),
Interactive Menus, Scene Selections
Languages: English (Dolby
Digital Mono), Italian (Dolby Digital Mono)
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