---
title: 'La Terra Trema (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luchino Visconti'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 165
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-terra-trema-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040866/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# La Terra Trema (1948)

1948 · 165 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: La terra trema

## Synopsis

La Terra Trema is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed, co-written, and produced by Luchino Visconti. A loose adaptation of the 1881 novel I Malavoglia by Giovanni Verga, the film documents the economic and personal struggles of poor Sicilian fishermen. The film is docufictional, featuring a cast of non-professional actors and a mix of scripted and unscripted sequences. It is considered one of the essential films of the neorealist movement and was named one of the top ten films of all time in the 1962 Sight & Sound poll.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Antonio Pietrangeli](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-pietrangeli), [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti), [Giovanni Verga](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-verga)
- **Director:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti), [Franco Zeffirelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-zeffirelli), [Francesco Rosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-rosi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Ferrero](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-ferrero)
- **Director of Photography:** [G.R. Aldo](https://cinepixo.com/people/g-r-aldo)
- **Editor:** [Mario Serandrei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-serandrei)

## Cast

- [Giuseppe Arcidiacono](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-arcidiacono)
- [Antonio Pietrangeli](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-pietrangeli)
- [Mario Pisu](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-pisu)
- [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti)
- [Aci Trezza](https://cinepixo.com/people/aci-trezza)
- [Salvatore Vicari](https://cinepixo.com/people/salvatore-vicari)

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