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Summary:

In the harsh granite mountains of the center of the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea, an old people live at the town of Orgòsolo. Between the rocks and the oak woods, shepherds attend their flock of sheep like their fore fathers did since prehistoric times. So do Michele and his younger brother Peppeddu that own a few sheep and make a harsh but honest living selling pecorino cheese. One day arrive three bandits on the run with machine guns and stolen pigs that take a rest at Michele's camp site. When the police arrives a day later, they run and kill a policemen in flight. Also released as Banditi a Orgosolo. Best First Work, Italian Cinema Clubs Award, San Giorgio Prize, and New Cinema Award-Best Film Awards, Venice Film Festival, 1961. Silver Ribbon-Best Cinematography, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1962. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Vittorio de Seta. Italy.

Contributors:

Infobase , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

RetroFilm Archive (Firm)

Languages:

Italian
English

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned.

Genres:

Internet videos

Online media

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Originally released by RetroFilm Archive, 1964.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 07, 2023.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Title from distributor's description

Audience:

Grades: 9 - 12, Academic/AP
Special audience characteristics: A V Quality

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 35 min., 49 sec)) : sound.

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Infobase: 288276

OCLC Numbers:

1381542470

Other Control Numbers:

1000288276 (source: FOD)
[Unknown Type]: wcc1000288276