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Writers:
Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (story)
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Release Date:
4 May 1966 (Italy) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | History See more »
Tagline:
The surprise comedy hit of the New York Film Festival See more »
Plot:
On an empty road, an old man is walking with his son. They meet a crow that can speak. They are changed... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination See more »
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Cast

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Totò ... Innocenti Totò / Brother Cicillo
Ninetto Davoli ... Innocenti Ninetto / Brother Ninetto (as Davoli Ninetto)
Femi Benussi ... Luna
Umberto Bevilacqua ... Incensurato
Renato Capogna ... The medieval rude fellow
Alfredo Leggi
Renato Montalbano
Flaminia Siciliano
Giovanni Tarallo ... Starving peasant boy
Vittorio Vittori ... Ciro Lococo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gabriele Baldini ... Dante's dentist (uncredited)
Lina D'Amico ... (uncredited)
Pietro Davoli ... The other rude fellow (uncredited)
Rossana Di Rocco ... Ninetto's girlfriend (uncredited)
Cesare Gelli ... (uncredited)
Vittorio La Paglia ... (uncredited)
Francesco Leonetti ... Crow (voice) (uncredited)
Domenico Modugno ... The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited)
Rosina Moroni ... The peasant (uncredited)
Mario Pennisi ... (uncredited)
Ricardo Redi ... Engineer (uncredited)
Fides Stagni ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Pier Paolo Pasolini  screenplay
Pier Paolo Pasolini  story

Produced by
Alfredo Bini .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ennio Morricone 
 
Cinematography by
Mario Bernardo 
Tonino Delli Colli 
 
Film Editing by
Nino Baragli 
 
Production Design by
Luigi Scaccianoce 
 
Costume Design by
Danilo Donati 
 
Makeup Department
Vittorio Biseo .... makeup artist
Adriana Cassini .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Fernando Franchi .... production manager
Gilberto Scarpellini .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vincenzo Cerami .... assistant director
Sergio Citti .... assistant director
Carlo Morandi .... assistant director
Francesco Barilli .... trainee assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Dante Ferretti .... assistant production designer
 
Sound Department
Armando Bondani .... boom operator
Pietro Ortolani .... sound
Emilio Rosa .... sound mixer
Franca Silvi .... sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Divo Cavicchioli .... still photographer
Franco Di Giacomo .... camera operator
Antonio Orlandini .... assistant camera
Alberto Ridolfi .... chief electrician
Sergio Rubini .... assistant camera
Mariano Sargenti .... key grip
Gaetano Valle .... camera operator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Piero Cicoletti .... assistant costume designer
 
Editorial Department
Rossana Maiuri .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Totò .... composer: song "Carmè, carmè" (as Antonio De Curtis)
 
Other crew
Evelina D'Amico .... script supervisor
Aureliano Lalli-Persiani .... cashier (as Aureliano Lalli Persiani)
Enzo Ocone .... production secretary
Pino Serpe .... animal wrangler
Vincenzo Taito .... administrative supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Uccellacci e uccellini" - Italy (original title)
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Runtime:
89 min | USA:91 min | Spain:84 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Italy:VM14 | Spain:T | Spain:(Banned) (1966-1979) | Finland:S | USA:Unrated | West Germany:16 | UK:PG
Filming Locations:
Assisi, Perugia, Umbria, ItalySee more »
Company:
Arco FilmSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Film's opening credits are not displayed on screen but instead comically sung in Italian to a jaunty Ennio Morricone score, with a memorably droll rhyming of the film title with the director's full name.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Vesuvians (1997)See more »
Soundtrack:
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12 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
The art of not talking too seriously about serious matters:, 28 February 2007
Author: Galina from Virginia, USA

"Uccellacci e uccellini" aka "The Hawks and the Sparrows" (1964) - directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

This is a movie that begins like no other introducing the cast and the crew in the manner that is charming, original, melodious and promising of even better things to follow. The fun begins actually with its Italian title, "Uccellacci e uccellini". I don't know about you but the sound of the title simply makes me smile, it sounds like the birds themselves whispered or chirped it to the Pasolini's ear. It is possible to make a satirical philosophical fable concerned with the serious and even grave matters as religion, social and political systems and the order of things and at the same time highly enjoyable, often hilarious, sometimes sorrowful, always original, in one word -Pasolinesque. "Uccellacci e uccellini" talks about desires, death, the meaning of life, Christianity, and Marxism but first and foremost, it entertains. It is about a father (Italian clown Toto) and his young and naive son (Nino Davoli) whom Pasolini sends to the endless cyclical journey on the road of life where they soon will be joined by a talking crow, will be catapulted 750 years back in time and by the request of ST.Francis, they would become two saints (Toto with his clown's face makes a great saint) who would teach the birds (the hawks and the sparrows) the word of God, in the birds' language, of course. The birds seem to agree and accept the words of love but as we know the love comes and goes but everyone (including birds) has to eat and the hunger does not help to improve the understanding between the hawks and the sparrows and between the humans and the crows, even the talking crows. Some were born to kill and to eat the others and there is not much could be changed about it. Two men will be magically returned back to the present time, will go to funeral, will see the baby born, will meet a beautiful desirable girl named Luna who reminds them how divine the fresh hay smells and how much fun it is to make love in it... Their journey would end where it began and on and on and on they go around the world in circles turning. As for the talking crows, "Takers and fakers and talkers won't tell you. Teachers and preachers will just buy and sell you. When no one can tempt you with heaven or hell- You'll be a lucky man!"

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