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(0)Romolo Valli
Series
Criterion collection volume 962
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fastidious composer reeling from a disastrous concert, Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) travels to Venice to recover. There, he is struck by a vision of pure beauty in the form of a young boy named Tadzio (Björn Andrésen), his infatuation developing into an obsession even as rumors of a plague spread through the city. Based on the novella by Thomas Mann, this late masterpiece from Luchino Visconti is a meditation on the nature of art, the...
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Set in Italy in 1938, when Mussolini's anti-Semitic 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.
3) The leopard
Series
Criterion collection volume 235
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Language
Italiano
Description
Set in Sicily in the 1800s, this film depicts Prince Salina, a great landowner, who watches the decrease of the aristocracy's power and influence during the 'Il Risorgimento', the unification of Italy under the royal House of Savoy. The upper class tries to ignore the nationalist movements, while the prince's rebellious nephew joins Giuseppe Garibaldi's revolutionaries.
4) 1900
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (315 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Epic story of two families in Italy traces both the rise of fascism and the conflict between the sons of the families, both born on January 1, 1900.