In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.
La terra trema is of 2 hour(s) and 40 minute(s). It is Produced By: Universalia Film, AR.TE.AS Film. It was released on 1949-12-03. It has an average vote of 7.733 on TMDB.
Genres: Drama
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