Mother Earth (film)

Mother Earth (Italian: Terra madre) is a 1931 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Leda Gloria, Sandro Salvini and Isa Pola. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome. Along with Blasetti's other early films, it shows a strong influence of Soviet-style realism. A country landowner decides to sell up and move to the city, but later has a change of heart. It was part of Fascist Italy's promotion of rural over urban values.

Cast

Leda Gloria as Emilia

Sandro Salvini as Il duca Marco

Isa Pola as Daisy

Olga Capri as La governante della tenuta

Vasco Creti Nunzio, Il massaro, padre di Emilia

Carlo Ninchi as Il commandatore Bordani

Franco Coop as Silvano, un contadino

Raimondo Van Riel as Un contadino nella taverna

Giorgio Bianchi as Il cortegiatore di Daisy

Ugo Gracci as L'aiutante del massaro

Umberto Sacripante as Il contadino idiota