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."
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Writer: Tullio Kezich, Mario Rigoni Stern, Ermanno Olmi
Producer: Gaspare Palumbo
Director of Photography: Ermanno Olmi