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A Man for Burning

A Man for Burning

Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

1962

  • Drama
5.8

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.

Cast & crew

  • Valentino OrsiniDirector
  • Paolo TavianiDirector
  • Vittorio TavianiDirector
  • Gian Maria VolontéSalvatore
  • Didi PeregoBarbara
  • Spiros FocásJachino
  • Lidia AlfonsiFrancesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
  • Marina MalfattiWilma
  • Vittorio DuseBastiano
  • Alessandro SperliCarmelo (as Alessandro Sperlì)
  • Marcella RovenaMadre di Francesca

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