Gelsomina (played by Giulietta Masina) is a protagonist in La Strada.
A naïve young woman who takes her deceased sister's place as the traveling companion of strongman Zampanò. She performs as a clown and musician, endures his abuse while developing affection for him, and eventually goes mad after witnessing his murder of Il Matto. She dies years later, remembered only for playing a trumpet melody. Zampanò (played by Anthony Quinn) is a protagonist in La Strada.
An itinerant strongman and street performer who purchases Gelsomina from her mother. He is brutish and abusive, treating her cruelly despite her devotion. He murders Il Matto in a fit of rage, abandons the traumatized Gelsomina, and is later consumed by guilt and grief upon learning of her death. Gelsomina's Mother (uncredited) (played by Anna Primula) appears in La Strada.
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Characters
Gelsomina
(played by Giulietta Masina) — protagonist
A naïve young woman who takes her deceased sister's place as the traveling companion of strongman Zampanò. She performs as a clown and musician, endures his abuse while developing affection for him, a...
Zampanò
(played by Anthony Quinn) — protagonist
An itinerant strongman and street performer who purchases Gelsomina from her mother. He is brutish and abusive, treating her cruelly despite her devotion. He murders Il Matto in a fit of rage, abandon...
Gelsomina's Mother (uncredited)
(played by Anna Primula) — minor
