
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1960, Italian. Directed by Joris Ivens & Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani.
A documentary about Italy's underground oil and metan deposits, sponsored by Italian state-owned oil company, ENI. Pictures of the state-of-the-art oil infrastructure are mixed with others of the traditional way of living of poorer Italian regions.
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 31 December 1960
- Original title
- L'Italia non è un paese povero
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Alberto Moravia
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Italy Is Not a Poor Country runs 109 minutes (1h 49m).
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Italy Is Not a Poor Country isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 December 1960. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Italy Is Not a Poor Country?
Italy Is Not a Poor Country (1960) was directed by Joris Ivens and Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani and stars Enrico Maria Salerno.