The garden of the Finzi-Continis
Sony Pictures Classics; from Cinema 5; adaptation and screenplay by Ugo Pirro, Vittorio Bonicelli; produced by Gianni Hecht Lucari for Documento Film and Arthur Cohn; directed by Vittorio De Sica
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1970
- Publication:
- [Burbank, CA] : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [2001]
- Copyright:
- ©2001
Availability
| Location | Call Number | Availability | Request | Notes |
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| Media Library | GAR 1970 DVD | Available |
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- Summary:
- Set in Italy in 1938, when Mussolini's anti-Semetic edicts began to isolate the Jews from their communities. Among them were the Finzi-Continis, an aristocratic Jewish family forced for the first time to acknowledge the world beyond its fenced garden.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- Italian
- Language Notes:
- Italian language soundtrack with yellow English subtitles ; credits in English ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Giardino dei Finzi-Contini [by Bassani, G.]
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD
- Performers:
- Cast: Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda, Fabio Testi, Romolo Valli, Helmut Berger.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Ennio Guarnieri ; editor, Adriana Novelli ; music, Manuel De Sica.
- General Notes:
- Berlin International Film Festival, 1970: Golden Berlin Bear; Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius Film Award.
Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85:1).
Based on the novel of the same title by Giorgio Bassani.
Originally released as motion picture in 1970.
Special features include: Bonus trailers ; filmographies.
Academy Awards, 1972: Best Foreign Language Film (Italy). - Audience:
- MPAA rating: R.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- GAR 1970 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0767863992
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 043396062016
Publisher Number, Columbia TriStar Home Video: 06201 - OCLC Numbers:
- 47667637
