No Peace Under the Olive Tree

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No Peace Under the Olive Tree
Lucia Bosé
Folco Lulli
CinematographyPiero Portalupi
Edited byGabriele Varriale
Music byGoffredo Petrassi
Production
company
Distributed byLux Film
Release date
10 September 1950
Running time
107 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

No Peace Under the Olive Tree (Italian: Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi) is a 1950 Italian

Communist De Santis had been stung by left-wing criticism due to American cultural elements included the film which he purposefully excluded from the follow-up. He also included characters who were less ambiguous and concluded with a happy ending, similar to those of Socialist realism.[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. Location shooting took place around Fondi in Lazio, the hometown of director De Santis.

Synopsis

A young

Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep
and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Gundle p. 287
  2. ^ Gundle p. 287-88
  3. ^ Gundle p.287-88

Bibliography

  • Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.

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