Overview
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Cast
- Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina
- Anthony Quinn as Zampanò
- Richard Basehart as Il 'Matto'
- Aldo Silvani as Il Signor Giraffa
- Marcella Rovere as La Vedova
- Livia Venturini as La Suorina
- Pietro Ceccarelli as Innkeeper (uncredited)
- Giovanna Galli as Prostitute at the Inn (uncredited)
- Gustavo Giorgi as (uncredited)
- Yami Kamadeva as Prostitute (uncredited)