The Scavengers

The Scavengers

101 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | Sept. 20, 1970

Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a crotchety hermit who scavenges buried shells and bombs for scrap metal."

The Scavengers

101 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | Sept. 20, 1970

The Scavengers
Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a crotchety hermit who scavenges buried shells and bombs for scrap metal."
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers RAI, Palumbo Produzioni
Original title I recuperanti
Directors Maria Teresa Manara, Ermanno Olmi
Writers Mario Rigoni Stern, Tullio Kezich, Ermanno Olmi

Cast

Antonio Lunardi

as Il vecchio Du

Andreino Carli

as Gianni