Directed by:
Vittorio De SicaCinematography:
Ennio GuarnieriComposer:
Manuel De SicaCast:
Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda, Fabio Testi, Romolo Valli, Helmut Berger, Cinzia Bruno, Alessandro D'Alatri, Joshua Sinclair, Adolf Hitler (a.f.) (more)VOD (1)
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The film tells the story of the Finzi-Continis, an aristocratic Jewish family protected by the walls of their idyllic estate. Whilst outside Mussolini bans Jews from tennis courts, the Finzi-Continis are not worried as they rally on their own, living in their dreamland. Giorgio (Lino Capolicchio) is the middle-class Jew in love with his childhood friend, Micol (Dominique Sanda) of the Finzi-Contini family, but she is in love with a gentile and wanting of experiences outlawed by the new government. With Giorgio's separation of Micol, De Sica tracks the loss of an idyllic way of life, from the tennis courts to the waiting rooms where Jews await transportation to the concentration camps. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Lino Capolicchio
Italy
Best movies:
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Fiorile (1993)
Dominique Sanda
France
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Navire Night (1979)
Fabio Testi
Italy
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Big Racket (1976)
Piazza di Spagna (1993) (series)
Romolo Valli
Italy
Best movies:
An Average Little Man (1977)
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Helmut Berger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Damned (1969)
Cinzia Bruno
Best movies:
Mafioso (1962)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (1963)
Alessandro D'Alatri
Italy
Best movies:
Joshua Sinclair
USA
Best movies:
The Big Racket (1976)
Hitchhike: Last House on the Left (1977)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
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Rudolf Hess (a.f.)
Egypt
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Sunshine (1999) - a.f.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) - a.f.
Benito Mussolini (a.f.)
Italy
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) - a.f.
A Special Day (1977) - a.f.
Lune froide (1991) - a.f.
Martin Bormann (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) - a.f.
Julius Streicher (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) - a.f.
Verboten! (1959) - a.f.
Michael Berger
Best movies:
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
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Barbara Pilavin
Best movies:
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A League of Their Own (1992)
Ettore Geri
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Avanti! (1972)
Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)