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Assunta Spina / Caesar Film ; Film Preservation Associates ; directed by Gustavo Serena and Francesca Bertini. The last diva : Francesca Bertini / Antea SGRL ; produced by Enzo Porcelli ; directed by Glanfranco Mingozzi.
LIBRA DVD 010 935
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Bertini, Francesca, 1892-1985.
- Bertini, Francesca.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--Italy--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Italy.
- Love--Drama.
- Love.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Motion pictures, Italian.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (147 min.) : silent, color tined ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Salvatore Di Giacomo's Assunta Spina
- Last diva
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2001]
- Language Note:
- Assunta Spina / Silent film with musical accompaniment ; intertitles translated into English from the original Italian.
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- An operatic tale of love and sacrifice in turn of the century Naples. After being assaulted by her jealous lover Michele, Assunta becomes the mistress of a corrupt Don so she can visit Michele while he is in prison. When Michele is unexpectedly released, he discovers Assunta's "betrayal", setting the stage for the film's tragic finale.
- "The last diva, the 94-year-old Bertini recalls her life and career while attending a private screening of Assunta Spina."--Container.
- Participant:
- Assunta Spina / Francesca Bertini, Gustavo Serena, Carlo Benetti, Luciano Albertini.
- Credits:
- Assunta Spina / photographer, Alberto G. Carta ; produced for video by David Shepard ; music by Rodney Sauer and performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
- The last diva : Francesca Bertini / music, Egisto Macchi.
- Notes:
- Assunta Spina / based on a play by Salvatore Di Giacomo.
- Assunta Spina / originally released as a motion picture in 1914.
- "Kino on Video double feature"--Container.
- The documentary "The last diva : Francesca Bertini" (87 min.) originally filmed in 1982.
- "In addition to traditional chapter breaks, Assunta Spina is also indexed by the traditional music pieces that comprise the score"--Container.
- OCLC:
- 53060754
- Publisher Number:
- 738329030629
- K306 Kino on Video
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