1900 1976  R, 320 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Novecento
Nineteen Hundred
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Sterling Hayden, Stefania Sandrelli, Romolo Valli, Laura Betti, Alida Valli, Franchesca Bertini, Werner Bruhns, Stefania Casini, Anna Henkel, Ellen Schwiers
The lives of two young men, Alfredo Berlinghieri and Olmo Dalco (Robert De Niro and Gerard Depardieu)–both born in 1900–and the stories of their descendants are depicted as they live through the competing forces of socialism, fascism, and capitalism in Italy during the 20th century.
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Bobby Deerfield 1977  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Walter McGinn, Romolo Valli, Stephan Meldegg, Jaime Sanchez, Mickey Knox, Guido Alberti, Norm Nielsen, Dorothy James, Monique Lejeune, Van Doude, Gerard Hernandez
Racecar driver Bobby Deerfield (Al Pacino) is living with his French lover Lydia (Anny Duperey) when he meets and falls in love with Killian (Marthe Keller) who is a patient at a hospital in Switzerland. Up until now, Bobby has lived an emotionless life, but now he has found love. It turns out that Killian is dying of leukemia, and Bobby, who has problems dealing with the situation, turns to Lydia for comfort.
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Boccaccio '70 1962 N/R, 205 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti
Cast: Marisa Solinas, Germano Gilioli, Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Philippo, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian, Romolo Valli, Sophia Loren, Luigi Giuliani, Alfio Vita
Based on the style of Boccaccio's tales, four popular Italian directors present four tales celebrating womanhood–nudity and all. Some U.S. prints contain only three of the stories.
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Conversation Piece 1974  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger, Claudia Marsoni, Claudia Cardinale, Stefano Patrizi, Elvira Cortese, Romolo Valli, Dominique Sanda, Guy Trejan
A down-and-out professor (Burt Lancaster) finds a renewed interest in life when a couple with a teenage daughter moves into the upstairs apartment. There is also an Italian-language version.
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Death in Venice 1971  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson, Mark Burns, Romolo Valli, Nora Ricci, Carole Andre, Leslie French, Franco Fabrizi, Sergio Garfagnoli, Luigi Battaglia
Aging German composer Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) travels to the Venetian seashore for a rest. But rest doesn't come due to a young blond boy, Tadzio (Bjorn Andresen), who is traveling with his family. Aschenbach obsesses over Tadzio because Tadzio represents youth and physical perfection. Aschenbach knows he can never attain that perfection and quietly dies on the beach. Adapted from the Thomas Mann novel.
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A Fistful of Dynamite 1972 PG, 139 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Duck, You Sucker
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Maria Monti, Romolo Valli, Rik Battaglia, Franco Graziosi, Antoine Saint-John, Vivienne Chandler, David Warbeck, Giulio Battiferri
Set during the Mexican Revolution, Rod Steiger is excellent in his role of Juan Mirando, a peasant bandit drawn into action with Irish explosives expert, John (James Coburn).
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 1971 R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, Fabio Testi, Romolo Valli, Raffaele Curi, Camillo Cesarei, Inna Alexeievna, Katina Morisani, Cinzia Bruno, Barbara Pilaven
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this is the story of the wealthy Jewish family, Finzi-Continis, who ignored the dangers of fascism in the late 1930s that overtook Italy–until it was too late. While many Jewish families left Italy, the Finzi-Continis family remained believing that their sprawling estate would protect them from fascism. Giorgio (Lino Capolicchio) is invited to their home to do research for his school studies and falls in love with Micol Finzi-Contini (Dominique Sanda). Giorgio tries to draw Micol away from Italy, but she refuses, and now the politics of war close in on them.
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Girl with a Suitcase 1960 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo, Corrado Pani, Gian Maria Volonte, Riccardo Garrone, Renato Baldini, Romolo Valli, Elsa Albani, Ciccio Barbi, Nadia Bianchi, Edda Soligo
After nightclub singer Aida (Claudia Cardinale) is jilted by Marcello (Corrado Pani), she begins a new romance with his 16-years-younger brother, Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin). Love blooms–for awhile until Aida falls for a musician and leaves Lorenzo out in the cold.
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Holocaust 2000 1977  R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Chosen
Rain of Fire
Director: Alberto De Martino
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Agostina Belli, Simon Ward, Anthony Quayle, Virginia McKenna, Alexander Knox, Spiros Focas, Ivo Garrani, Adolfo Celi, Romolo Valli
The inherent danger of nuclear power plants is exploited in this film about Robert Caine (Kirk Douglas) whose son (Simon Ward) is the devil. In that guise, he has come to build new nuclear plants with built-in failure mechanisms.
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The Leopard 1963  N/R, 205 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, Serge Reggiani, Pierre Clementi, Terence Hill, Lucilla Morlacchi, Giuliano Gemma, Ida Galli, Ottavia Piccolo
Based on the novel by Giuseppe di Lampedusa, this is the story of Sicilian aristocrat Prince Don Fabrizio Salino (Burt Lancaster) and how he handles the changes in life brought on by the Garibaldi Revolution in the 1860s. Knowing that the class system is changing and that the aristocratic society is doomed, Salino reluctantly arranges the marriage of his nephew Tancredi (Alain Delon) and Angelica (Claudia Cardinale), the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant who has been appointed the town's mayor Don Calogero Sedara (Paolo Stoppa). The highlight of this film, performed on a beautiful set, is the 40-minute scene at the grand ball.
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The Visit 1964 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Irina Demick, Claude Dauphin, Paolo Stoppa, Romolo Valli, Valentina Cortese, Eduardo Ciannelli, Fausto Tozzi, Jacques Dufilho
Based on Friedrich Durrenmatt's play, this is the story of Karla's (Ingrid Bergman) return to her hometown to seek vengeance against Serge (Anthony Quinn) who jilted her in the distant past.
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| 1. 1900 (1976)
aka: Novecento
aka: Nineteen Hundred
2. Bobby Deerfield (1977)
3. Boccaccio '70 (1962)
4. Boom! (1968)
5. Conversation Piece (1974)
6. Death in Venice (1971)
7. A Fistful of Dynamite (1972)
aka: Duck, You Sucker
8. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971)
9. Girl with a Suitcase (1960)
10. Holocaust 2000 (1977)
aka: The Chosen
aka: Rain of Fire
11. The Leopard (1963)
12. The Visit (1964)
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