Piccolo mondo antico
- Artefact Type:
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film
- Description:
- Elegantly shot film, dubbed 'calligraphic' by critics for its formalistic and highly stylized quality. The film, based on a novel by Fogazzaro, is set during the Italian Risorgimento and revolves around the contrast between family and public duties. Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries a non-aristocratic woman, Luisa, against the will of his grandmother, who then sets out to disrupt their lives.
- Duration (mins):
- 106
- Release Date:
- 1941-04-10
- Director:
- > Mario Soldati
- Assistant Director:
- > Alberto Lattuada
- Assistant Director:
- > Dino Risi
- Assistant Director:
- > Lucio De Caro
- Producer:
- > Carlo Ponti
- Composer:
- > Enzo Masetti
- Composer:
- > Ferdinando Previtali
- Screenwriter:
- > Emilio Cecchi
- Screenwriter:
- > Mario Bonfantini
- Scenic Designer:
- > Gastone Medin
- Actor:
- > Alida Maria Altenburger von Markenstein und Frauenberg (known as 'Alida Valli')
- Actor:
- > Massimo Segato (known as 'Massimo Serato')
- Actor:
- > Ada Dondini
- Actor:
- > Annibale Betrone
- Actor:
- > Maria Letizia Pascoli (known as 'Mariù Pascoli')
- Actor:
- > Giacinto Molteni
- Production Company:
- > A.T.A.MILANO
- Genre:
- > Historical Drama
State art New Man Bourgeois intellectual Consensus Escapism Internationalism Private sphere Internationalization Modern realism Mass culture Hegemony Totalitarian consent Public spectacle