Divorce Italian style
(DVD)

Originally produced as an Italian motion picture in 1962.

Series numbering from container.

Recorded in Dolby digital mono.; enhanced for 16:9 televisions; 1.85:1 aspect ratio.

"Under exclusive license from Cristaldifilm SNC"--Container.

Special features: Disc. 1: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation. Disc. 2.: The man with a cigar in his mouth, a 39-minute documentary by critic and filmmaker Mario Sesti featuring interviews with Germi's longtime friends and collaborators; Delighting in contrasts, a new 30-minutue collection of interviews with Sesti and actors Lando Buzzanca and Stefania Sandrelli discussing Germi on the set of Divorce Italian style; an interview with screenwriter Ennio De Concini; rare screen-test footage of actors Stefania Sandrelli and Daniela Rocca; plus: a 28-page booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Stuart Klawans and reprinted pieces by director Martin Scorsese and film historian Andrew Sarris.

Directors of photography, Leonida Barboni and Carlo Di Palma ; editing, Roberto Cinquini ; music, Carlo Rustichelli ; soggetto e sceneggiatura, Alfredo Giannetti, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi.

Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Odoardo Spadaro.

A man falls in love with a younger woman, but he is married and divorce is illegal. To get what he wants, he begins an elaborate scheme to kill his wife.

DVD.

In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.