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Vague Stars of Ursa...

Original title: Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...
  • 19651965
  • 1h 45m
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7.2/10
2K
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Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
DramaMystery
Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but her childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but her childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but her childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.
IMDb RATING
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2K
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    • Luchino Visconti
  • Writers
    • Suso Cecchi D'Amico(story and screenplay)
    • Enrico Medioli(story and screenplay)
    • Luchino Visconti(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Claudia Cardinale
    • Jean Sorel
    • Michael Craig
    • Luchino Visconti
  • Writers
    • Suso Cecchi D'Amico(story and screenplay)
    • Enrico Medioli(story and screenplay)
    • Luchino Visconti(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Claudia Cardinale
    • Jean Sorel
    • Michael Craig
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    • 13User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Claudia Cardinale and Michael Craig in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Claudia Cardinale in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Claudia Cardinale, Michael Craig, and Jean Sorel in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Claudia Cardinale in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Claudia Cardinale in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Claudia Cardinale and Marie Bell in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Claudia Cardinale in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Jean Sorel in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Claudia Cardinale and Michael Craig in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Luchino Visconti in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Annie Girardot and Luchino Visconti in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)
    Claudia Cardinale in Vague Stars of Ursa... (1965)

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    Claudia Cardinale
    Claudia Cardinale
    • Sandra Dawson
    Jean Sorel
    Jean Sorel
    • Gianni Wald-Luzzati
    Michael Craig
    Michael Craig
    • Andrew Dawson
    Renzo Ricci
    Renzo Ricci
    • Antonio Gilardini
    Fred Williams
    Fred Williams
    • Pietro Formari
    Amalia Troiani
    • Fosca
    Marie Bell
    Marie Bell
    • Corinna Gilardini
    Vittorio Manfrino
    Renato Moretti
    Giovanni Rovini
    Paola Piscini
    Isacco Politi
    Oscar Brazzi
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Glenn Saxson
    Glenn Saxson
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Ferdinando Scarfiotti
      Bruno Scipioni
          • Luchino Visconti
        • Writers
          • Suso Cecchi D'Amico(story and screenplay)
          • Enrico Medioli(story and screenplay)
          • Luchino Visconti(story and screenplay)
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        • Trivia
          One of the first films in which Claudia Cardinale (who was born In Tunisia and whose first language was French) dubbed herself in Italian.
        • Quotes

          Corinna Gilardini, madre di Sandra e Gianni: Two monsters, monsters, my children. Yes, my children. He was always hiding there behind the door. What am I to say? Are my children monsters? My enemies?

        • Connections
          Featured in Visconti (1967)
        • Soundtracks
          Prelude, chorale and fugue
          Written by César Franck

        User reviews13

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        6/10
        The beautiful stars of Ursa Major..
        An uneven entry in the Visconti canon, "Sandra Of A Thousand Delights" comes directly after "The Leopard", and while I consider "The Leopard" a masterpiece, it was still a film where Visconti was developing as a director, not really reaching the masterly stylistic highs of "The Damned" or "Death In Venice", but with a majestically deep plot that made up for any directorial deficiencies.

        Now, "Sandra Of A Thousand Delights" is still a point in Visconti's career where he's developing as a director. He's close but he's not quite there. Shot in black and white, and with an overly dark photography that emphasizes the desolate feel, even though this is a highly intense drama - perhaps too dramatic for it's own good, it doesn't have the necessary substance to back up the plot. In the end it's just a family drama and nothing more, even if it's a forceful one: Sandra reunites with her family on the eve of her father's memorial service but there's two dark secrets lurking in the shadows; her incestuous affair with her brother, and her adulterous mother's dereliction of her husband (Sandra's father) in a concentration camp.
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        • Mar 31, 2009

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        • Release date
          • January 16, 1966 (United States)
          • Italy
          • France
          • Italian
          • Hebrew
          • French
          • English
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        • Filming locations
          • Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland
        • Production company
          • Vides Cinematografica
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        • 1 hour 45 minutes
          • Black and White
          • Mono

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