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Ettore Giannini
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56th New York Film Festival

September 28 - October 14, 2018

One of the first color films made in Italy, Ettore Giannini’s 1954 film version of his stage musical features an amazing roster of talent, including Ballets Russes principal dancer Léonide Massine (who also choreographed), the great comic actor Paolo Stoppa, and a young Sophia Loren.

DIRECTOR
Ettore Giannini
YEAR
1954
COUNTRY
Italy
RUNTIME
129 minutes

One of the first color films made in Italy, Ettore Giannini’s 1954 film version of his stage musical begins in the present day, with sheet music hanging on a barrel organ blown through the streets of Naples: every individual song tells a story of the history of the city, from the Moorish invasion in the 14th century through the arrival of the Americans at the end of WWII. Giannini assembled an amazing roster of talent for his film, including one-time Ballets Russes principal dancer and Powell-Pressburger mainstay Léonide Massine (who also choreographed), the great comic actor Paolo Stoppa, and a young Sophia Loren.

Restored by the Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and The Film Foundation with funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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