The Year Long Road
1958, Croatian. Directed by Giuseppe De Santis.
Set in an unspecified country and an unspecified time period, the film follows a communist intelectual who, after travelling the world for many decades, decides to return and settle down to the place he grew up in, a small coastal village seemingly forgotten by time itself. With him, he brings news of the dawn of a new world on the horizon, with which he wishes to connect with through constructing a modern highway. This news is welcomed in the village, however, the construction of the road begins to bring out violent conflicts, reveals forbidden romances and ends up regressing the community even further into the darkness from which it wanted to escape.
- Runtime
- 2h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Croatian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Giuseppe De SantisDirector
- Silvana PampaniniGiuseppina Pancrazi (Katarina)
- Eleonora Rossi DragoSusanna
- Massimo GirottiChiacchiera (Naklapalo)
- Bert SotlarGuglielmo Cosma (Emil Kozma)
- Ivica PajerLorenco
- Milivoje ŽivanovićUčitelj
- Gordana MiletićAngela
- Nikša StefaniniDavid
- Hermina PipinićAgneza
- Lia Rho-BarbieriRoza
- Antun VrdoljakBernard
- Branko TatićAntonio
Details
- Released
- 11 July 1958
- Original title
- Cesta duga godinu dana
- Country
- Italy, Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Giuseppe De Santis, Maurizio Ferrara, Tonino Guerra
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The Year Long Road runs 162 minutes (2h 42m).
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The Year Long Road isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 July 1958. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Year Long Road?
The Year Long Road (1958) was directed by Giuseppe De Santis and stars Silvana Pampanini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Massimo Girotti.