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"They named a brandy after Napoleon, they made a herring out of Bismarck,and Hitler is going to end up as a piece of cheese."

 

 

Scola & De Sica: Il giardino dei Finzi Contini [The Garden of the Finzi-Continis] [OmeU] IT, BRD, 1970, R: Vittorio De Sica mit Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, 94 Min

This classic Italian drama, based on the book of the same name by Giorgio Bassani, focuses on the intellectual Finzi-Contini family, Jewish aristocrats who live on an idyllic estate. Siblings Alberto and Micol Finzi-Contini (Helmut Berger, Dominique Sanda) regularly hold parties with their friends, largely sheltered from the growing anti-Semitism in their country. When the Fascist movement becomes stronger, however, it affects everyone in the orbit of the family.


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