This is a region-free DVD-R without case or artwork.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Though it was only his fourth film,
Terra Madre demonstrated beyond question that director
Allesandro Blasetti was in full control of his craft. The story concerns a feudal Duke who returns to his "terra madre" ("mother land," or homeland) to survey his property. The local peasantry welcome his arrival, little suspecting that the Duke has sold the land to another less-benign nobleman. The new owner forces the tenants off his land, whereupon they respond by setting fire to his palace. This prompts the Duke to come back to see if he can put things right...
