Bandits of Orgosolo
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Vittorio De Seta
Michele Cossu
Peppeddu Cuccu
Vittorina Pisano
Fausto Ancillai
Elio Balletti
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Michele, a simple Sardinian peasant who wants nothing more than to tend his flock of sheep, suddenly finds himself implicated in the robbery of a herd of swine and the murder of a policeman when the bandits responsible for the crimes stop for a rest at his cottage. Following their departure, Michele is questioned by the police; but he refuses to turn informer. Terrified that he will lose his sheep and his only means of existence, he takes his 12-year-old brother, Peppeddu, and drives his flock across the bleak mountains in a desperate attempt to survive. They encounter drought and thinning vegetation, until one by one, the sheep die. Peppeddu becomes ill, and Michele takes him to the nearest village. Penniless and with no employment available, Michele steals a flock of sheep belonging to another peasant and becomes one of the bandits of Orgosolo.
Director
Vittorio De Seta
Crew
Fausto Ancillai
Elio Balletti
Iolanda Benvenuti
Valentino Bucchi
Marilù Carteny
Vittorio De Seta
Vittorio De Seta
Vittorio De Seta
Vittorio De Seta
Franco Ferrara
Marcello Gallinelli
Vera Gherarducci
Vera Gherarducci
Fernanda Papa
Nino Renda
Luciano Tovolo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in Rome in November 1961 as Banditi a Orgosolo. The cast is composed of Sardinian peasants. Elio Balletti is credited with adaptation by one source.
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the San Giorgio Prize at the 1961 Venice Film Festival.
Released in United States 1961
Released in United States August 22, 1961
Shown at the Venice Film Festival August 22, 1961
Released in United States 1961
Released in United States August 22, 1961 (Shown at the Venice Film Festival August 22, 1961)
