Post Description

italië
Drama
95 minuten

geregisseerd door Luchino Visconti
met Claudia Cardinale, Renzo Ricci en Jean Sorel

Een vrouw keert terug in haar ouderlijk huis, waar ze haar jongere broer probeert aan te zetten tot wraak op hun moeder. Ze verdenkt haar ervan hun in Auschwitz gestorven vader met haar tweede echtgenoot verraden te hebben.


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studio: Sony Italia

DVD Release Date: June 23, 2009


Director: Luchino Visconti


Description
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After a farewell party, Sandra Dawson (Claudia Cardinale) and her American husband Andrew Dawson (Michael Craig) travel to her hometown in the province of Volterra for a homage of the locals to her father, a prominent scientist that died in the concentration camp of Auschwitz. The couple is welcomed by the maid Fosca (Amalia Troiani), and Andrew becomes fascinated with the house. Sandra has issues with her stepfather Pietro Formari (Fred Williams) and her insane mother (Marie Bell) and misses her brother Gianni Wald-Luzzati (Jean Sorel), who is an aspirant writer. When Gianni appears in the house out of the blue, Andrew unravels a shadowy secret from the past of the siblings.

The unknown "Vaghe Stelle dell'Orsa..." is another great movie of this artist called Luchino Visconti. The plot about incestuous relationship and family issues in the hands of another director could have become a melodramatic soap-opera. But Visconti explores the sensuality and beauty of Claudia Cardinale to deliver an intriguing and quite erotic family drama without any redemption. The set decoration, as usual, is another piece of art, supported by a classy music score.


Format: PAL

DVD Size: 6.61 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 105 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Sound (main feature): Italian

Subtitles: English | Italian


DISC FEATURES:

# Materiale Pubblicitario Originale.
# Pressbook Originale.
# Contratto tra L. Viscontu E Vides Cinematografica.
# Estratti Da Sceneggiatura Definitiva.
# Appunti Vari Di Sceneggiatura.
# Intervista Audio A Luchino Viscontu.
# Filmgrafie.


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