Quando c'era Berlinguer (2014)

"Quando c'era Berlinguer" is about the life of Enrico Berlinguer, leader of the Italian Red Party fiom 1972 to 1984; this is also the first movie of the director Walter Veltron, a politician who worked with him, as director.

Director:

Walter Veltroni

Writer:

Walter Veltroni

Stars:

Enrico Berlinguer, Giorgio Napolitano, Bianca Berlinguer

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Enrico Berlinguer	...	Self (archive footage)
Giorgio Napolitano	...	Self
Bianca Berlinguer	...	Self
Luigi Bettazzi	...	Self
Jovanotti	...	Self
Silvio Finesso	...	Self
Arnaldo Forlani	...	Self
Alberto Franceschini	...	Self
Richard Newton Gardner	...	Self
Mikhail Gorbachev	...	Self
Pietro Ingrao	...	Self
Emanuele Macaluso	...	Self
Alberto Menichelli	...	Self
Eugenio Scalfari	...	Self
Sergio Segre	...	Self

Storyline

"Quando c'era Berlinguer" is about the life of Enrico Berlinguer, leader of the Italian Red Party fiom 1972 to 1984; this is also the first movie of the director Walter Veltron, a politician who worked with him, as director.

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Plot Keywords:

italian politics | italian communist | character name in title | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Soundtracks

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Written and performed by Gino Paoli

User Reviews

The political significance of Enrico Berlinguer

This biography recounts the political significance of Enrico Berlinguer through old footage of his rallies and witnesses of public and political figures.

Through various passages, his first battle, the Years of Lead and his final, strenuous and stoic rally in Padua, the director Veltroni portrays Berlinguer's passion and struggling for his ideas and values of a fine intellectual.

The various interviews have the dual purpose to giving a context and to delineating his person, although only one of his four sons has been interviewed.

My opinion on this title is positive, the narrative mechanisms are well oiled, although it leaves an impression of a nostalgic good old days operation, where our present is juxtaposed with a gloriously idealized past.

Nevertheless, the emotion reached on the climax is spontaneous and authentic.

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

27 March 2014 (Italy)

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$879,758

Company Credits

Production Co:

Palomar, Sky Cinema, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Color:

Color Black and White