The Earth Trembles

La Terra Trema is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Luchino Visconti. The movie is loosely adapted from Giovanni Verga’s novel I Malavoglia (1881) (The House by the Medlar Tree) for the screen. The picture features non-credited non-professional actors, Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono, and many others. It is a docufiction in the Sicilian language and was named one of the top ten films of all time in the 1962 Sight & Sound poll.