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A Man for Burning

5.819621h 32mMovieDrama

Political activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the peasants, urging them to confront the Mafia and demand the right to plough their own fields. The peasants refuse to help him, and Salvatore is marked by the Mafia as a troublemaker.

DirectorsVittorio Taviani·Valentino Orsini
WritersValentino Orsini·Vittorio Taviani
ProducersGiuliani G. De Negri·Henryk Chroscicki

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Cast · Directed by Vittorio Taviani

GVGian Maria Volonté
Gian Maria Volonté
Salvatore
DPDidi Perego
Didi Perego
Barbara
SFSpiros Focás
Spiros Focás
Jachino
LALidia Alfonsi
Lidia Alfonsi
Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
MMMarina Malfatti
Marina Malfatti
Wilma
VDVittorio Duse
Vittorio Duse
Bastiano
ASAlessandro Sperli
Alessandro Sperli
Carmelo (as Alessandro Sperlì)
MRMarcella Rovena
Marcella Rovena
Madre di Francesca
GGGiulio Girola
Giulio Girola
Medico
GS
Gianpaolo Serra
AD
Alfonso D'Errico
CVCarmen Villani
Carmen Villani
Cantante

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