"The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father."
Omero Antonutti
as Padre
Saverio Marconi
as Gavino
Marcella Michelangeli
as Madre
Fabrizio Forte
as Young Gavino
Marino Cenna
as Young shepherd
Stanko Molnar
as Sebastiano
Gavino Ledda
as Himself
Nanni Moretti
as Cesare
Pierluigi Alvau
as
Giuseppino Angioni
Fabio Angioni
Giuseppe Brandino
Mario Cheri
Giuseppe Chessa Perle
Domenico Deriu
Marina D'Onofrio
Pietro Paolo Fauli
Franca Floris
Mario Fulghesu
Antonio Garrucciu
Gianni Garruccio
Patrizia Giannichedda
Roberto Giannichedda
Vincenzo Giannichedda
Pietro Giordo
Antonello Gloriani
Gavino Loriga
Angelo Marras
Costanzo Mela
Domenico Morganti
Luigi Muntoni
Gianfranco Panai
Giuseppina Perantoni
Cristiana Piazza
Matteo Piu
Maria Immacolata Porcu
Cosimo Rodio
Anna Lucia Sanna
Marco Sanna
Stefano Satta
Umberto Spada
Mario Spissu
Salvatore Stangoni
Marco Unali
Vittorio Taviani
Director
Paolo Taviani
Writer
Rita Triunveri
Assistant Editor
Egisto Macchi
Conductor
Andrea Gargano
Color Grading
Vincenzo Caruso
Danilo Martelli
Production Accountant
Original Music Composer
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Mario Masini
Director of Photography
Giuliani G. De Negri
Producer
Book
Gianni Sbarra
Production Design
Lina Nerli Taviani
Costume Design
Gloria Fava
Makeup Artist
Giampiero Cubeddu
Assistant Director
Marco De Poli
Francesco Lizzani
Fernando Caso
Sound Effects Editor
Pietrantonio Federico
Sound
Giovanni Sardo
Adriano Taloni
Sound Mixer
Aldo Antonelli
First Assistant Camera
Arnaldo Palone
Key Grip
Pietro Ras
Gaffer