Gelsomina wordt door haar arme moeder verkocht aan de ruwe boeienkoning Zampanò. Terwijl die op jaarmarkten en kermissen zijn krachttoeren verricht, moet Gelsomina op de trommel roffelen, meespelen in komisch bedoelde sketches en met de pet rondgaan.
Nee, helaas is La strada nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Federico Fellini | Director |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Screenplay |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Camera | Otello Martelli | Director of Photography |
| Production | Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Story |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Story |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Directing | Narciso Vicario | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Moraldo Rossi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Paolo Nuzzi | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Co-Writer |
| Sound | Rinaldo Boggio | Sound |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Dialogue |
| Art | Enrico Cervelli | Art Direction |
| Art | Mario Ravasco | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dante Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margherita Marinari | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eligio Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Roberto Gerardi | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Lina Caterini | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Aldo Calpini | Sound |
| Editing | Leo Catozzo | Editor |
| Production | Luigi Giacosi | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | A. Piatti | Still Photographer |
| Production | Danilo Fallani | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Angelo Cittadini | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Carlo Carlini | Director of Photography |
| Production | Giorgio Morra | Production Supervisor |
