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1) Ludwig
Language
Italiano
Description
Visconti's lavish portrait of Ludwig II, the 'Mad King' of Bavaria. From his glittering coronation to his mysterious suicide, Ludwig II (Helmut Berger) epitomised the doomed nineteenth-century Romantic hero. A loner by nature, he was tormented by his unrequited love for his cousin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Romy Schneider), who sensed his true sexual nature and fragile grip on reality. But as war raged around him, Ludwig's sole obsession remained...
Series
Criterion collection volume 500
Language
Italiano
Description
With their stripped-down aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely emotional works were international sensations and came to define the neorealist movement. Shot in battle-ravaged Italy and Germany.
3) War trilogy
Series
Criterion collection volume 498
Criterion collection volume 499
Criterion collection volume 500
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Criterion collection volume 499
Criterion collection volume 500
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Language
Italiano
Description
Resistance thrives in Nazi-occupied Rome; Italians attempt to live their everyday lives and communicate with their American liberators at the end of World War II; twelve-year-old Edmund struggles to survive with his family in an almost completely destroyed Berlin.
4) Kapò
Language
Italiano
Description
The story of a Jewish girl from Paris sent to a concentration camp during World War II and her struggle to survive by stealing another's identity and becoming a warden.
5) Ludwig
Language
Italiano
Description
An operatic portrait of Ludwig II, the 19th century mad king of Bavaria. Tormented by his unrequited love for his cousin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, coupled with his obsession for the music of Wagner, Ludwig retreats into a fantasy world. He builds fairytale castles and ultimately loses his already-fragile grip on his sanity.
6) 1900
Language
Italiano
Description
Epic story of two families in Italy traces both the rise of fascism and the conflict between the sons of the families, both born on January 1, 1900.