Fontamara is a village in the Marsica, forgotten by all but God and its inhabitants are called 'cafoni' (boors). Berardo Viola wants to marry Elvira but only after gaining enough money to buy some land and in order to reach his aim he has the idea of going to a great city. When Maria Grazia is raped by the fascists, Berardo and Antonio decide to leave Fontamara and go to Rome. Here they are swindled by a lawyer and afterwards they are invited by an antifascist to a restaurant where they are arrested by the police because of some subversive papers they had.
| Directing | Carlo Lizzani | Director |
| Writing | Lucio De Caro | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carlo Lizzani | Screenplay |
| Camera | Mario Vulpiani | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Franco Fraticelli | Editor |
| Writing | Ignazio Silone | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luciano Calosso | Costume Design |
| Art | Luigi Scaccianoce | Production Design |
| Production | Enzo Nigro | Production Manager |
| Sound | Roberto De Simone | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Giulio Mandelli | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Piero Lazzari | Line Producer |
| Production | Edmondo Ricci | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Rinaldo Ricci | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Maria Teresa Elena | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marisa Agostini | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Vittorio Fornasiero | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Claudio Morabito | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mario Bagnato | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Massimiliano Sambuco | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Alessandro Gabriele | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Roberto Priori | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Romeo Buccheri | Sound |
| Sound | Sebastiano Scutti | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Enrico Appetito | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otello Sisi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mirella Ginnoto | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Romano Mancini | Gaffer |
| Camera | Maurizio Michelizzi | Key Grip |
| Crew | Giuseppe Mattei | Master at Arms |
| Sound | Bruno Longobardo | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Alberto Doni | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Alvaro Gramigna | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Fernando Caso | Sound Mixer |