Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini
May 5, 2009The Garden of Finzi-Continis
Call Number: VHS00763
by Vittorio De Sica; Lino Capolicchio; Dominique Sanda; Helmut Berger; Fabio Testi; Romolo Valli; Giorgio Bassani; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1970 (94 mins.); Based on the novel by Giorgio Bassani; Nominated for two 1971 Academy Awards;
Summary: In Italy in 1938, Mussolini’s anti-Semitic edicts begin to isolate the Jews from their communities. Among them are the Finzi-Continis, an aristocratic Jewish family forced for the first time to acknowledge the world beyond its fenced garden.
OCLC #: 37711510
Added: May 5, 2009
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
