Het verhaal over een jaar uit het leven van arme Italiaanse boeren aan het begin van de vorige eeuw. Verschillende families leven op het land van een rijke eigenaar, die zich graag mengt in hun levens. Hij betaalt hen naar productiviteit.
Ja! de film L'albero degli zoccoli is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Ermanno Olmi | Director |
| Writing | Ermanno Olmi | Writer |
| Editing | Ermanno Olmi | Editor |
| Art | Enrico Tovaglieri | Production Design |
| Art | Franco Gambarana | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Zucchelli | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valeria Mariani | Seamstress |
| Directing | Fiorella Lugli | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Carlo Petriccioli | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ermanno Olmi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Amedeo Casati | Sound Engineer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuliana De Carli | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Alessandro Calosci | General Manager |
| Production | Domenico Di Parigi | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Attilio Torricelli | Production Manager |
| Art | Rossella Guarama | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Italo Cameracanna | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Aldo Ciorba | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Antonio Calzavara | Electrician |
| Camera | Giovanni Spinelli | Key Grip |
| Camera | Enrico Visconti | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Elma Rigoni | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Fernando Germani | Musician |
| Sound | Johann Sebastian Bach | Music |
| Production | Enrico Leoni | Production Secretary |
| Production | Archimede Orlando | Administration |
