I Vinti
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I vinti is a 1953
film by Michelangelo Antonioni
composed of three episodes. The film was dubbed into Italian
, the three episodes, although the Paris episode is spoken in French
, and the London episode in English
. Italian DVD by Medusa Film offers the restored uncut trilingual version. The Italian episode was modified by censorship but it was put in 1962 anthology film Il fiore e la violenza. The French episode had troubles with French censorship (it was not released until 1963); and the same happened to the English one with the British Board of Review.
The film was a project of Film Costellation to Suso Cecchi d'Amico
, who proposed Antonioni as director.
1953 in film
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A...
film by Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...
composed of three episodes. The film was dubbed into Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, the three episodes, although the Paris episode is spoken in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, and the London episode in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Italian DVD by Medusa Film offers the restored uncut trilingual version. The Italian episode was modified by censorship but it was put in 1962 anthology film Il fiore e la violenza. The French episode had troubles with French censorship (it was not released until 1963); and the same happened to the English one with the British Board of Review.
The film was a project of Film Costellation to Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Suso Cecchi d'Amico was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She worked with virtually all of the most celebrated post-war Italian film directors, and wrote or co-wrote many award winning films—among them:...
, who proposed Antonioni as director.
Episodes
- Episode Francese, set in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, with Jean-Pierre MockyJean-Pierre MockyJean-Pierre Mocky is the pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer...
, Etchika Choureau, Henri Poirier, Albert Michel - Episode Italiano, set in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, with Franco InterlenghiFranco InterlenghiFranco Interlenghi is an Italian actor.He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Neorealist film Sciuscià....
as Claudio; Anna-Maria FerreroAnna-Maria FerreroAnna-Maria Ferrero is an Italian actress.She was born Anna Maria Guerra changing her last name in honor of composer Willy Ferrero....
as Marina; Eduardo CiannelliEduardo CiannelliEduardo Ciannelli, sometimes credited as Edward Ciannelli, , was an Italian baritone and character actor with a long career in American films, mostly playing gangsters and criminals.-Early life:...
as Claudio's father; Evi Maltagliati - Episode Anglese, set in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, with Patrick BarrPatrick BarrPatrick David Barr was a British film and television actor.Born in Akola, India, Patrick Barr went from stage to screen with The Merry Men of Sherwood . He spent the 1930s playing various beneficent authority figures and "reliable friend" types...
as Ken Wharton; Fay ComptonFay ComptonFay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century...
as Mrs Pinkerton; Peter Reynolds, David Farrar