Directed by:
Pier Paolo PasoliniCinematography:
Tonino Delli ColliComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Rossana Di Rocco, Renato Montalbano, Giovanni Tarallo, Domenico Modugno, Cesare Gelli, Alfredo LeggiVOD (1)
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THE HAWKS AND THE SPARROWS, a wild comic fable, stars the beloved stone faced clown Toto as an Italian everyman, and Ninetto Davoli as his good natured but empty headed son. Pasolini uses a comic crow, which philosophizes amusingly and pointedly about the passing scene, as a counterpoint to the performers, representing humanity, as they progress down the road of life. Pasolini presents a tragic fable which shows two delightful innocents caught, like many Italians, between the Church and Marxism. (official distributor synopsis)
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Totò
Italy
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Ninetto Davoli
Italy
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Femi Benussi
Italy
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Rossana Di Rocco
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Renato Montalbano
Italy
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Giovanni Tarallo
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Domenico Modugno
Italy
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Cesare Gelli
Italy
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Alfredo Leggi
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