| Edition |
Widescreen format (1.85:1). |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 286 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 286.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Odoardo Spadaro. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Leonida Barboni and Carlo Di Palma ; editing, Roberto Cinquini ; music, Carlo Rustichelli. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962. |
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"Under exclusive license from Cristaldifilm SNC"--Container. |
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Special features (disc 2): "L'uomo dal sigaro in bocca" documentary film (interviews with Germi's longtime friends and collaborators, conceived & directed by Mario Sesti, 39 min.); "Delighting in contrasts" (collection of interviews with actors Lando Buzzanca & Stefania Sandrelli, 31 min.); interview with screenwriter Ennio De Concini (7 min.); screen tests of actors Stefania Sandrelli (5 min.) & Daniela Rocca (4 min.). |
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Booklet includes essays by film critic Stuart Klawans ("The facts (and fancies) of murder"), film historian Andrew Sarris ("Pietro Germi : idealist with no illusions") & director Martin Scorsese ("On 'Divorce Italian style'"). |
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"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label. |
| Summary |
A married man who has fallen in love with a younger woman hatches an elaborate scheme to kill his wife. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features. |
| Language |
In Italian, with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Foreign films.
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| Subject |
Divorce -- Italy -- Drama.
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Adultery -- Drama.
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Uxoricide -- Drama.
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Married people -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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| Indexed Term |
Divorzio Italia Dramma |
| Added Author |
Germi, Pietro, 1914-1974.
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Mastroianni, Marcello, 1924-1996.
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Rocca, Daniela.
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Sandrelli, Stefania.
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Trieste, Leopoldo, 1917-2003.
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Spadaro, Odoardo, 1893-1965.
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Sesti, Mario.
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Buzzanca, Lando, 1935-
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De Concini, Ennio, 1923-2008.
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Klawans, Stuart.
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Sarris, Andrew.
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Scorsese, Martin.
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Lux film (Firm)
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Vides Cinematografica.
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Galatea Film.
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Cristaldifilm (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Divorce Italian style |
| Note |
Title on container: Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana |
| Added Title |
L'uomo dal sigaro in bocca.
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Delighting in contrasts.
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Facts (and fancies) of murder.
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Pietro Germi : idealist with no illusions.
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On Divorce Italian style.
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| ISBN |
0780029585 |
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9780780029583 |
| Standard No. |
037429202524 |
| Music No. |
DIV110 Criterion Collection |
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