Le notti bianche [translated: White nights]
Janus Films; Cristaldifim; Cinematografica Associati-Roma Vides Cinematografica-Roma Intermondia-Parigi; screenplay by Suso Cecchi D'Amico; directed by Luchino Visconti
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1957
- Publication:
- [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
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- Summary:
- A chance encounter on a canal bridge results in a series of twilight rendezvous between a lonely city transplant and a sheltered woman haunted by a lover's promise.
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- Language Notes:
- In Italian with optional English subtitles.
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- Alternate Titles:
- Title translation: White nights
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- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
- Performers:
- Cast: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Marcella Rovena, Maria Zanoli.
- Production Credits:
- Cinematographer, Giuseppe Rotunno ; music, Nino Rota.
- General Notes:
- Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features: collection of interviews from 2003 featuring screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, film critics Laura Delli Colli and Lino Micciche, cinematographer Rotunno, and costume designer Piero Tosi; new 115-minute recorded reading of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short story, downloadable as an MP3 file; rare screen-test footage of Marcello Mastroianni and Maria Schell; a new essay by film scholar Geoffrey Nowell-Smith; original theatrical trailer.
Academy Awards, 1986: Best Music, Original Song (Lionel Richie). - Audience:
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- NOT 1961 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780030117
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 037429207826
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: NOT020 - OCLC Numbers:
- 1050156681
60629973 [Invalid]
