Lure of the Sila

Category: Drama
Returning home after a night of love spent in a woodman's hut with Orsola, Pietro is arrested by the police for a crime he did not commit. His mother and youngest sister, Rosaria, go to Orsola begging her to provide Pietro with the alibi that will clear him. But Rocco, Orsola's brother, dreading a family scandal, constrains Orsola to silence. Condemned despite his innocence, Pietro escapes from prison, but the police track him down and kill him, and his mother, before the eyes of Rosaria. Years pass, and one day Rocco stumbles upon a half-frozen young woman lying in the snow. He takes her home and confides her to the care of Orsola. Later, yielding to the pleas of Orsola, Rocco and Rocco's son, Salvatore, the girl stays on in the house, and Salvatore falls in love with the beautiful stranger, who is careful to keep the family members from learning she is Rosaria, the grown up sister of Pietro seeking revenge for the deaths of her brother and mother.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1949-12-27
Run time: 75 minute / 1:15
Director: Duilio Coletti
Writers: Steno, Mario Monicelli, Carlo Musso, Ivo Perilli, Vincenzo Talarico, Giuseppe Gironda.
Production Company : Lux Film
Production Country: Italy

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Amedeo Nazzari
as Rocco Barra
Silvana Mangano
as Rosaria Campolo
Jacques Sernas
as Salvatore Barra
Luisa Rossi
as Orsola Barra
Vittorio Gassman
as Pietro Campolo (as Vittorio Gassmann)
Olga Solbelli
as La madre di Rosaria
Dante Maggio
as Gennaro
Laura Cortese
as Rosaria da bambina
Michele Capezzuoli
as Salvatore da bambino
Attilio Dottesio
as uomo che importuna Rosaria alla fiera
Directing
Duilio Coletti Director

Production
Dino De Laurentiis Producer

Sound
Enzo Masetti Original Music Composer

Writing
Steno Story
Mario Monicelli Story
Steno Screenplay
Mario Monicelli Screenplay
Carlo Musso Screenplay
Ivo Perilli Screenplay
Vincenzo Talarico Screenplay
Giuseppe Gironda Screenplay

Sound
Fernando Previtali Conductor

Production
Luigi De Laurentiis Production Manager

Directing
Carlo Musso First Assistant Director

Costume & Make-Up
Otello Fava Makeup Artist

Directing
Ines Bruschi Script Supervisor

Production
Alfredo De Laurentiis Unit Manager

Sound
Aldo Calpini Sound

Production
Nando Pisani Unit Manager

Camera
Aldo Tonti Director of Photography

Editing
Adriana Novelli Editor

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