WIDE BLUE ROAD

Original 1960 Russian 28 3/4 inch x 39 1/4 inch Poster for the 1957 Gillo Pontecorvo & Maleno Malenotti Romantic Drama THE WIDE BLUE ROAD (LA GRANDE STRADA AZZURRA) starring Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal, Umberto Spadaro, Peter Carsten, Federica Ranchi and Terence Hill.

The story follows the harsh rugged life of a poor fisherman on a small island off the Dalmatian coast. In a desperate effort to improve the lives of his family he begins to fish illegally using bombs instead of relying on nets. However this method invokes the hatred of the other fishermen and finally results in tragedy

Poster art by Lemeshenko.

The poster is in good to very good folded condition with a few short edge tears.