The film premiered at the 15th Venice International Film Festival on 6 September 1954 and won the Silver Lion . It was released in Italy on 22 September 1954 , and in the United States on 16 July 1956 . In 1994 a re-mastered print was financed by filmmaker Martin Scorsese , who has acknowledged that since childhood he has related to the character of Zampanò , bringing elements of the self-destructive brute into his films '' Taxi Driver '' and '' Raging Bull '' . Janus Films is the current distributor of the film on video
15th Venice International Film Festival
15th Venice International Film Festival
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