The Tree of the Wooden Clogs

Also Known As: The Tree of Wooden Clogs

Company: Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) / Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico

Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1

Plot: The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. One of the families has a very clever child. They decide to send him to school instead of make him help them, although this represents a great sacrifice. The boy has to wake up very early and walk several miles to get to the school. One day the boy's shoes break when returning home, but they do not have money to buy other. What can they do?

Cast and Character: Luigi Ornaghi as Batistì / Francesca Moriggi as Batistina / Omar Brignoli as Minec / Antonio Ferrari as Tuni / Teresa Brescianini as Widow Runk / Giuseppe Brignoli as Anselmo / Carlo Rota as Peppino / Pasqualina Brolis as Teresina / Massimo Fratus as Pierino / Francesca Villa as Annetta / Maria Grazia Caroli as Bettina / Battista Trevaini as Il Finard / Giuseppina Langalelli as La Moglie Finarda / Lorenzo Pedroni as Il nonno Finard / Felice Cervi as Uslì

Creators: n/A

Description: The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. One of the families has a very clever ...

Directors: Ermanno Olmi

Genres: Drama / History

Location: Cividate al Piano, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy

MPAA: n/A

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0077138.jpg

Rating: 7.7

Release Date: 1 June 1979 (USA)

Runtime: 186 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: Once in a generation, a work of art appears as if by magic, to move and inspire its audience. A work that returns to a exhausted humanity the possibility of simple grandeur. We invite you to visit a time and place when life was still a sacred matter. When the family of man was still - a family.

Title: L'albero degli zoccoli

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077138/

Votes: 2,524

Writers: Ermanno Olmi

Year: 1978

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L'albero degli zoccoli got rated 7.7.

About the movie: The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. One of the families has a very clever child. They decide to send him to school instead of make him help them, although this represents a great sacrifice. The boy has to wake up very early and walk several miles to get to the school. One day the boy's shoes break when returning home, but they do not have money to buy other. What can they do?

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Top Hat got rated 7.7.

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