Prisoners in paradise / a film by Camilla Calamandrei.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Calamandrei, Camilla, director.

Tombazian, Keri, narrator.

Brown, Neal, director of photography.

Kennedy, Nancy C., film editor.

Calamandrei, producer, distributor.

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American--Personal narratives.

World War, 1939-1945.

Prisoners of war--Italy.

Prisoners of war.

Italy.

Prisoners of war--United States.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Historical films.

Biographical films.

Personal narratives.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Calamandrei, 2001.

Language Note:

In English and Italian with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD ; NTSC, region 1.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Tells the story of Italians who were prisoners of war of the United States during World War II. Includes interviews with eight of the former POWs, five of whom returned to the United States after the end of the war.

Participant:

Narrator: Keri Tombazian; featuring: Mario and Anna Alfonsi, Novaro Bagnoli, Armando Boscolo, John Coyle, Rena Ferraresi, Antonio and Jacqueline Mineo, Agnes Piva, Virgilio Razzo, Gaetano Tumiati.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Neal Brown ; sound: Bill Wander, Steve Longstreth, Scott Stolz ; Consulting Historians: Robert Abzug, Mauro Calamandrei, Steve Fox, Allen Kent Powell, Laura Ruberto, Pasquale Verdicchio, Charles Wollenberg, Janet Worrall ; editor, Nancy Kennedy.

Notes:

"Rolling River Films"--Director's insert.

Non-profit fiscal sponsor: Women Make Movies, Inc.

Originally released as a documentary in 2000.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

OCLC:

69395862