Mussolini's Italy, late 1930s: the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading wealthy Jewish families. Their adult children gather friends for tennis and parties at their lovely grounds, with the...
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| Lino Capolicchio | ... | Giorgio | |
| Dominique Sanda | ... | Micòl Finzi Contini | |
| Fabio Testi | ... | Giampiero Malnate | |
| Romolo Valli | ... | Giorgio's Father | |
| Helmut Berger | ... | Alberto | |
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Camillo Cesarei | ... | Micol's Father |
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Inna Alexeievna | ... | Regina Artom - Micol's Grandmother (as Inna Alexeieff) |
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Katina Morisani | ... | Micol's Mother |
| Barbara Pilavin | ... | Giorgio's Mother (as Barbara Leonard Pilavin) | |
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Michael Berger | ||
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Ettore Geri | ||
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Raffaele Curi | ... | Ernesto |
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Gianpaolo Duregon | ||
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Marcella Gentile | ||
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Cinzia Bruno | ... | Young Micol |
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Mussolini's Italy, late 1930s: the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading wealthy Jewish families. Their adult children gather friends for tennis and parties at their lovely grounds, with the rest of the world at bay, while politics close in. Written by OJT
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The Finzi-Continis were Italians living in Ferrara, Italy in 1938. They were rich, beautiful, unapproachable and Jewish. They lived in a walled dream world until they were forced to open the gates.Parents Guide:
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Language:
ItalianRelease Date:
16 December 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis See more »Filming Locations:
Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyEdit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$112,105, 22 November 1996Gross USA:
$596,694, 12 January 1997Company Credits
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Written by Cesare A. Bixio (uncredited)
Performed by Tito Schipa
Per concessione della EMI Italiana S.p.A.
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The film was a personal triumph for 'Vittorio de Sica', a director who had struggled to have a hit since Marriage Italian Style (1964). See more »Quotes
Micol: You and I are not normal people. For the two of us, what counts more than the possession of things - how shall I put it - is the remembrance of things, the memory of things.See more »
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Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Bob Hope/Carol Burnett/Joe Flynn/Dr. William A. Nolen (1972) See more »Soundtracks
VivereWritten by Cesare A. Bixio (uncredited)
Performed by Tito Schipa
Per concessione della EMI Italiana S.p.A.
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I first heard a radio adaptation from the Garden of the Finzi Contini and afer that read the book. I thought it would be difficult to make an adaptation to cinema. Indeed, the book is above all psychological (or romantic in the literary meaning of the 19th century)i.e the narrator describing his inner world and his sufferings...
However, Vittorio de Sica succeeded in expressing this without using monologue, without making a too slow picture... The music is very good too... the images are wonderful...
I must correct some commentaries Malnate, Micol's lover is not a fascist but a communist... There is also a difference with the book : in the book we do not know for sure that Micol and Malnate were lovers, it is an assumption whereas it is an evidence in the film...
In spite of this differences, this picture deserves a 10 out of 10!