The Wolf of the Sila

The Wolf of the Sila
Directed by	Duilio Coletti
Written by	Giuseppe Gironda Mario Monicelli Carlo Musso Ivo Perilli Steno Vincenzo Talarico
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Silvana Mangano Amedeo Nazzari Vittorio Gassman Jacques Sernas
Cinematography	Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Adriana Novelli
Music by	Enzo Masetti Osvaldo Minervini
Production company	Lux Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	December 1949
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Wolf of the Sila (Italian: Il lupo della Sila) is a 1949 Italian drama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Silvana Mangano, Amedeo Nazzari and Vittorio Gassman.^[1] Much of the film was shot on location around La Sila in Calabria.

Synopsis

After the death of her brother at the hands of the police, a young woman takes her revenge on the two men she believes to have been responsible.

Cast

• Silvana Mangano as Rosaria Campolo
• Amedeo Nazzari as Rocco Barra
• Vittorio Gassman as Pietro Campolo
• Jacques Sernas as Salvatore Barra
• Luisa Rossi as Orsola Barra
• Olga Solbelli as La madre di Rosaria
• Dante Maggio as Gennaro
• Michele Capezzuoli as Salvatore da bambino
• Laura Cortese as Rosaria da bambina
• Attilio Dottesio as Un contadino
• Rudy Randi as Contadino

References

Bibliography

• Forgacs, David & Gundle, Stephen. Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War. Indiana University Press, 2007.

External links

• The Wolf of the Sila at IMDb