"The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships."
Raf Vallone
as Saro Cammarata
Elena Varzi
as Barbara Spadaro
Saro Urzì
as Ciccio Ingaggiatore
Saro Arcidiacono
as Accountant
Liliana Lattanzi
as Rosa
Giuseppe Priolo
as Luca
Mirella Ciotti
as Lorenza
Paolo Reale
as Brasi
Franco Navarra
as Vanni
Francesco Tomalillo
as Misciu
Renato Terra
as Mommino
Carmela Trovato
as Cirmena
Angelo Grasso
as Antonio
Assunta Radico
as Beatificata
Francesca Russella
as Nonna
Giuseppe Cibardo
as Turi
Nicolò Gibilaro
as Nonno
Chicco Coluzzi
as Buda
Luciana Coluzzi
as Michelina
Angelina Scaldaferri
as Diodata
Pietro Germi
Director
Leonida Barboni
Director of Photography
Sergio Barbonese
Unit Manager
Federico Fellini
Story
Tullio Pinelli
Piero Beldi
Production Secretary
Attilio Camarda
Makeup Artist
Gianni Villa
Gaffer
Alfieri Canavero
Assistant Camera
Marcello Giannini
First Assistant Director
Salvatore Rosso
Argi Rovelli
Second Assistant Director
Mario Amari
Sound
Nino Di Maria
Novel
Fernando Previtali
Conductor
Ferruccio Viotti
Mario Parapetti
Camera Operator
Lina Caterini
Assistant Editor
Antonio Musu
Production Manager
Renato Panetuzzi
Salvatore D'Urso
Still Photographer
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Luigi Ricci
Production Design
Enzo Provenzale
Screenplay
Luigi Rovere
Producer
Rolando Benedetti
Editor