Capodarso op Sicilië is een traditioneel mijnwerkersdorpje, waar de mijn door de eigenaar gesloten wordt. De mijnwerkers staken, en weigeren om naar boven te komen, maar moeten toch opgeven. Ciccio, Saro en Vanni reizen met hun families richting Frankrijk om daar werk te zoeken. Maar Vanni wordt gezocht door de politie en al snel ontstaan er problemen.
Nee, helaas is Il cammino della speranza nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Pietro Germi | Director |
| Camera | Leonida Barboni | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sergio Barbonese | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Story |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Story |
| Writing | Nino Di Maria | Novel |
| Directing | Marcello Giannini | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Salvatore Rosso | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Argi Rovelli | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Renato Panetuzzi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Piero Beldi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Ferruccio Viotti | Production Secretary |
| Production | Antonio Musu | Production Manager |
| Production | Enzo Provenzale | Production Manager |
| Camera | Mario Parapetti | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Mario Amari | Sound |
| Camera | Alfieri Canavero | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Attilio Camarda | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Gianni Villa | Gaffer |
| Camera | Salvatore D'Urso | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Lina Caterini | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Luigi Ricci | Production Design |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Fernando Previtali | Conductor |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pietro Germi | Story |
| Editing | Rolando Benedetti | Editor |
| Production | Luigi Rovere | Producer |
