Thursday, October 22, 2015

Assunta Spina (1915)




Director: Gustavo Serena
Starring: Francesca Bertini, Gustavo Serena, Carlo Benetti
Label:  Cineteca di Bologna (2015)
Format: DVD / PAL / Region 2
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Subtitles: Italian, English

Bonus:
* Interview with film historian Vittorio Martinelli (6 minutes, with English subtitles)
* 1912 short, Tempestuous Love (21 minutes, with English subtitles)
* 1912 short, The Fascination of Violence (13 minutes, with English subtitles)
* Photogallery
* 32 page bilingual booklet

Available on Amazon.it.


What's the film about?
The tragic story of a beatiful girl of the people, torn between the love of two men. Adapted by a popular drama by Salvatore Di Giacomo, Assunta Spina is widely recognized as one of the most important Italian silents, both for its appeal as a major example of the Diva-film genre as well as for its early realistic features. This DVD presents the film in the Bologna 1993 restoration, alongside with two more Neapolitan melodramas from the 1910s.

Recommendations
...Must-have.

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