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A Man for Burning

Original title: Un uomo da bruciare
  • 1962
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
209
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A Man for Burning (1962)
Drama

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 peas... Read allPolitical 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...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...

  • Directors
    • Valentino Orsini
    • Paolo Taviani
    • Vittorio Taviani
  • Writers
    • Valentino Orsini
    • Paolo Taviani
    • Vittorio Taviani
  • Stars
    • Gian Maria Volontè
    • Didi Perego
    • Spyros Fokas
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    209
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Valentino Orsini
      • Paolo Taviani
      • Vittorio Taviani
    • Writers
      • Valentino Orsini
      • Paolo Taviani
      • Vittorio Taviani
    • Stars
      • Gian Maria Volontè
      • Didi Perego
      • Spyros Fokas
    • 1User review
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins total

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    Gian Maria Volontè
    Gian Maria Volontè
    • Salvatore
    Didi Perego
    • Barbara
    Spyros Fokas
    Spyros Fokas
    • Jachino
    • (as Spyros Focas)
    Lidia Alfonsi
    Lidia Alfonsi
    • Francesca
    • (as Lydia Alfonsi)
    Marina Malfatti
    Marina Malfatti
    • Wilma
    Vittorio Duse
    Vittorio Duse
    • Bastiano
    Alessandro Sperlì
    Alessandro Sperlì
    • Carmelo
    Marcella Rovena
    Marcella Rovena
    • Madre di Francesca
    Giulio Girola
    • Medico
    Gianpaolo Serra
    Alfonso D'Errico
    Carmen Villani
    • Cantante
    Turi Ferro
    Turi Ferro
    • Don Vincenzo
    Ignazio Roberto Daidone
    Franco Facciolo
    Renato Montalbano
    Renato Montalbano
    Ida Carrara
    Giuseppe Lo Presti
    • Directors
      • Valentino Orsini
      • Paolo Taviani
      • Vittorio Taviani
    • Writers
      • Valentino Orsini
      • Paolo Taviani
      • Vittorio Taviani
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    7Hans_Grob

    Young Gian Maria Volontè

    A watchable black-and-white film, which impresses rather by some scenes with violence and portrayals of Sicilian landscape and villages and workman's life in a surface quarry than by the story of the chief character.

    The political/social backgrund was harder to grasp.

    I got also enchanted by the film score and music shows with the nice, refined Italian music of the 60's.

    Most cineast will have learned to know brilliant Volonté in one of the Spaghetti Westerns, but here, he appears very young. For fans of him, so, too.

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      Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

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    • Release date
      • July 2, 1964 (Hungary)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Gebrandmarkt
    • Production companies
      • Ager Cinematografica
      • Sancro Film
      • Alfa Cinematografica
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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