Pietro MarcelloCast
Luca Marinelli Jessica Cressy 
Vincenzo Nemolato 
Marco Leonardi Denise Sardisco Carmen Pommella
Credits
Written by: Jack London
Plot
In early 20th-century Naples, a poor sailor educates himself to become a writer and win the love of a woman above his class, only to end in disillusion, in a free adaptation of Jack London's novel.
Sinekatalog’s take
A rich, beautiful and sad adaptation.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (8,841 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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