---
title: 'Mother Earth (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alessandro Blasetti'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mother-earth-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022471/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mother Earth (1931)

1931 · 87 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Terra madre

## Synopsis

Mother Earth is a 1931 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Leda Gloria, Sandro Salvini and Isa Pola. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. Along with Blasetti's other early films, it shows a strong influence of Soviet-style realism. A country landowner decides to sell up and move to the city, but later has a change of heart. It was part of Fascist Italy's promotion of rural over urban values.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alessandro Blasetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-blasetti)
- **Screenplay:** [Alessandro Blasetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-blasetti), [Goffredo Alessandrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/goffredo-alessandrini)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Francesco Balilla Pratella](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-balilla-pratella)
- **Producer:** [Stefano Pittaluga](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefano-pittaluga)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carlo Montuori](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-montuori), [Giulio De Luca](https://cinepixo.com/people/giulio-de-luca)
- **Editor:** [Ignazio Ferronetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ignazio-ferronetti)

## Cast

- [Franz Sala](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-sala)
- [Raimondo Van Riel](https://cinepixo.com/people/raimondo-van-riel)
- [Sandro Salvini](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandro-salvini)
- [Franco Coop](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-coop)
- [Giorgio Bianchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-bianchi)
- [Guido Celano](https://cinepixo.com/people/guido-celano)
- [Carlo Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ninchi)
- [Vasco Creti](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasco-creti)
- [Olga Capri](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-capri)
- [Isa Pola](https://cinepixo.com/people/isa-pola)
- [Umberto Sacripante](https://cinepixo.com/people/umberto-sacripante)
- [Leda Gloria](https://cinepixo.com/people/leda-gloria)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mother-earth-1931
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