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The garden of the Finzi-Continis /

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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. The garden wall symbolizes the distance between the Finzi-Continis and the Nazi reality about to engulf them.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Giardino dei Finzi-Contini (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Documento Film, CCC Filmkunst, Lorimar Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974, Pirro, Ugo, Bonicelli, Vittorio, Capolicchio, Lino, 1943-, Sanda, Dominique, 1948-, Testi, Fabio, 1941-, Valli, Romolo, 1925-1980, Berger, Helmut, 1944-, Bassani, Giorgio, 1916-2000
Format: Video VHS
Language:Italian
Language Notes:In Italian with English subtitles.
Published: Irvine, Calif. : Lorimar Home Video, [1987?]
Subjects:
War films.
Jewish families > Italy > Drama.
Jews > Italy > Drama.
Jews > Persecutions > Italy > Drama.
Italy > History > 1922-1945 > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Feature films.
Description
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. The garden wall symbolizes the distance between the Finzi-Continis and the Nazi reality about to engulf them.
Item Description:Videocassette release of the 1971 motion picture.
Based on the novel by Giorgio Bassani.
A foreign film (Italy).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Awards:Academy Award, 1971: Best Foreign Language Film (The garden of the Finzi Continis--Italy)
Production Credits:Director of photography, Ennio Guarnieri ; art director, Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni ; film editor, Adrianna Novelli ; music by Manual de Sica.