L'Inferno (1911 film)
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| Directed by | Giuseppe de Liguoro |
| Written by | Dante Alighieri (The Divine Comedy) |
| Starring | Salvatore Papa Arturo Pirovano Giuseppe de Liguoro Augusto Milla |
| Distributed by | Helios |
| Release date(s) | March 10, 1911 |
| Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Silent film |
L'Inferno is a 1911 silent film by Giuseppe de Liguoro, loosely adapted from Dante's The Divine Comedy.
L'Inferno was first screened in Naples in the Teatro Mercadante on March 10, 1911. The film took over three years to make and was the first full-length Italian feature film ever made. The film was an international success, taking more than $2 million in the United States alone. It is considered by many scholars and fans as being the finest film adaptation of Dante's work to date.
The first music score for the film was written by Raffaele Caravaglios. The film was released on DVD in 2004, with a score by Tangerine Dream. The popularity of Tangerine Dream has helped the sales of the DVD. Another DVD, based on a version restored by Cineteca di Bologna in 2006, was published in 2011 with an original soundtrack by Edison Studio in Cinema Ritrovato collection.
Nancy Mitford recorded seeing the film in Italy in 1922, referring to it as Dante. She records that it lasted from 9 until 12.15 including two intervals. She details many of the deaths and tortures. Her description in her letter home is copied in her biography "Nancy Mitford" by Harold Acton.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Acton, Harold (2010). Nancy Mitford. Gibson Square. ISBN 9781906142575.
[edit] External links
- L'Inferno at the Internet Movie Database
- L'Inferno at AllRovi
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