Italy / Mar 10, 1970
1h 47min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic activism. Struggling with life in 19th-century Italy, Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Luigi Diberti | Lippi |
| Manuela Andrei | Adele Salani |
| Corrado Gaipa | Badolati |
| Adolfo Geri | Del Bueno |
| Claudio Biava | Moretti |
| Franco Balducci | Chellini |
| Steffen Zacharias | Pallesi |
| Sergio Ciulli | |
| Luigi Antonio Guerra | |
| Piero Morgia | Facchino |
| Gabriele Lavia | Un carcerato |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Metello |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Documento Film |
| Release date | 10 marzo 1970 |
| Executive producer | Fausto Saraceni |
| Production | Gianni Hecht Lucari |
| Writer | Vasco Pratolini, Luigi Bazzoni, Mauro Bolognini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Ugo Pirro |
| Editing | Nino Baragli, Vincenzo Tonini, Elvira Tonini |
| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri, Sergio Salvati, Alessandro Ruzzolini |
| Assistant directors | Umberto Angelucci, Mauro Cappelloni, Mauro Bolognini |
| Camera operators | Sergio Salvati, Ennio Guarnieri, Alessandro Ruzzolini |
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| Additional photography | Ennio Guarnieri, Sergio Salvati, Alessandro Ruzzolini |
| Production design | Pier Luigi Samaritani, Guido Josia, Claudio De Santis |
| Art direction | Pier Luigi Samaritani, Guido Josia, Claudio De Santis |
| Set decoration | Claudio De Santis, Pier Luigi Samaritani, Guido Josia |
| Music | Ennio Morricone, Massimo Iabone, Bruno Nicolai |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone, Massimo Iabone, Bruno Nicolai |
| Costume design | Pier Luigi Samaritani, Piero Tosi, Maria Teresa Corridoni, Vittorio Biseo, Francesca Romana Cofano |
| Makeup | Vittorio Biseo, Pier Luigi Samaritani, Piero Tosi, Maria Teresa Corridoni, Francesca Romana Cofano |
| Hairstyling | Pier Luigi Samaritani, Piero Tosi, Maria Teresa Corridoni, Vittorio Biseo, Francesca Romana Cofano |
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