At the end of the war, he was hired by Edison and in 1951 he made a film on all the important hydroeletrical plants built in that period. In the following years, Olmi directed around 40 documentaries, including La diga del ghiacciaio, Pattuglia di Passo San Giacomo, Tre fili fino a Milano, Michelino 1aB (written by Goffredo Parise), Manon finestra 2 and Grigio (whose screenplay was written by Pier Paolo Pasolini).
Lamberto Caimi | Production Secretary |
Pier Paolo Pasolini | Writer |
Attilio Torricelli | Assistant Camera |
Giampiero Viola | Editor |
Pier Emilio Bassi | Original Music Composer |
Carlo Pozzi | Director of Photography |
Walter Locatelli | Assistant Director |
Lilli Scarpa | Editor |
Ugo Franchini | Production Manager |
Ermanno Olmi | Director |