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.[1] 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.

Mother Earth
Directed byAlessandro Blasetti
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Distributed bySocieta Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
Release date
  • April 1931 (1931-04)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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  1. ^ Reich & Garofalo p.224

Bibliography

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  • Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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