| Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
SONY Pictures classics.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital; digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video. |
| Language |
Italian language soundtrack with English subtitles ; credits in English ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda, Fabio Testi, Romolo Valli, Helmut Berger. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ennio Guarnieri ; editor, Adriana Novelli ; music, Manuel De Sica. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970. |
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Based on the novel of the same title by Giorgio Bassani. |
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Special features include: Bonus trailers ; filmographies. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Awards |
Academy Award winner, 1971: Best foreign language film. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Bassani, Giorgio, 1916-2000 -- Television adaptations.
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Bassani, Giorgio, 1916-2000 -- Film adaptations.
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Jewish families -- Italy -- Drama.
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Jews -- Italy -- Drama.
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Italy -- Drama.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (ITALIAN), VIDEODISCS.
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ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1971.
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| Genre |
Feature films Italy.
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Motion pictures Italy.
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Foreign films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974.
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Lucari, Gianni Hecht.
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Cohn, Arthur, 1928-
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Pirro, Ugo.
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Bonicelli, Vittorio.
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Capolicchio, Lino, 1943-
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Sanda, Dominique, 1948-
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Testi, Fabio, 1941-
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Valli, Romolo, 1925-1980.
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Berger, Helmut, 1944-
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De Sica, Manuel.
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Bassani, Giorgio, 1916-2000.
Giardino dei Finzi-Contini.
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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Cinema 5.
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Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Giardino dei Finzi-Contini |
| ISBN |
0767863992 |
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9780767863995 |
| Standard No. |
043396062016 |
| Music No. |
06201 Columbia TriStar Home Video |
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