The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
Starring Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a diverse circle of friends for tennis and parties at their villa with its lovely grounds, and try to keep the rest of the world at bay. But tensions between them all grow as anti-Semitism rises in Fascist Italy, and even the Finzi-Continis will have to confront the Holocaust.
Runtime: 95 min.
Rating: 7.0
DVD
Languages: English,French,Italiano
Countries: Germany,Italy
Genres: Drama,War
Keywords: based on novel or book,tennis,fascism,world war ii,deportation,jew persecution
Cast
Micol
Giorgio
Alberto
Bruno
padre di Girogio
madre di Giorgio
padre di Micól
madre di Micól
Young Micol
Young Giorgio
Micol's grandmother
Professor De Marchis
German student
Pierotti
Director of the library
Ernesto, Giorgio's brother