La grande quercia (1997): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1997, La grande quercia is a drama film directed by Paolo Bianchini, running about 92 minutes.

What it’s about. In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. His brother is in the Resistance; his father supplies food to a local monastery where 12 fugitives hide. All is seen through the eyes of the oldest child, Paulo, who's about 7 and the only lad at school who doesn't wear a Fascist Youth uniform. For Paulo and his siblings, it's great fun playing with their nonno, finding herbs in the fields, watching a maid's tryst with a soldier, teasing a silent monk. Then the war reaches the farm when Italy surrenders and the Germans exact revenge.

Who’s in it. La grande quercia stars Gigio Alberti as Vincenzo and Mariella Valentini as Maria.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch La grande quercia page.

If you liked it. Fans of La grande quercia tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.