--- title: 'Sparrow (1993)' type: 'film' director: 'Franco Zeffirelli' released: '1993-01-01' runtime_minutes: 106 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'Italy' - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sparrow-1993' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108226/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Sparrow (1993) 1993 · 106 min · Drama, Comedy · Italy, Japan Original title: Storia di una capinera ## Synopsis Sparrow is a 1993 Italian drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli. It is an adaptation of Giovanni Verga's novel Storia di una capinera and was filmed in Sicily in 1993. It stars Angela Bettis, and premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 1993. It was the final film performance of Valentina Cortese. ## Credits - **Director:** [Franco Zeffirelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-zeffirelli) - **Screenplay:** [Franco Zeffirelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-zeffirelli) - **Original Music Composer:** [Claudio Capponi](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-capponi) - **Producer:** [Mario Cecchi Gori](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-cecchi-gori), [Vittorio Cecchi Gori](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-cecchi-gori) - **Director of Photography:** [Ennio Guarnieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-guarnieri) ## Cast - [Vanessa Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-redgrave) - [Johnathon Schaech](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnathon-schaech) - [Pat Heywood](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-heywood) - [Marina Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-ninchi) - [Eva Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-alexander) - [Angela Bettis](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-bettis) - [Frank Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-finlay) - [Sinéad Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/sinead-cusack) - [Denis Quilley](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-quilley) - [Gareth Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/gareth-thomas) - [Valentina Cortese](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-cortese) - [Donald O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-o-brien) - [John Castle](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-castle) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sparrow-1993 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2266416); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.