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  1. Tea with Mussolini (1998 Film)

    aka: Tea with Mussolini

    Director
    Franco Zeffirelli
    Producer
    Riccardo Tozzi; Giovannella Zannoni; Clive Parsons

    Feature film comedy drama, based on Zeffirelli’s autobiography, concerning a group of elderly expatriate English women living in Florence in 1934. One of the group (Mary), who are known as the...

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  2. Macbeth (1998 Audio)

    Subject
    Drama; Music

    A recording of Verdi’s Macbeth recorded live at La Scala, Milan in 1952. Maria Callas sings the role of Lady Macbeth and Enzo Mascherini is Macbeth. The Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus are conducted...

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  3. Macbeth Horror Site di Carmelo Bene Da William Shakespeare (1997 Film, Television)

    aka: Macbeth Horror Suite

    Director
    Carmelo Bene

    Made-for-television film. A giallo interpretation of Macbeth. The production was first staged at the Festival d’Automne at the Theatre de Paris in 1990.

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  4. X Hamlet (1996 Film)

    aka: Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia

    Director
    Luca Damiano

    Hardcore pornographic adaptation enacted in Elizabeth costume.

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  5. Assassino e Quello con le Scarpe Gialle (1995 Film)

    aka: Assassin Wore Yellow Shoes, The

    Director
    Filippo Ottoni
    Producer
    Fulvio Lucisano; Guido De Laurentis; Leonardo Pescarolo
    Distribution
    No distributor found (10/2007)

    Comedy thriller set in a small theatrical company. To director Roberto the events bring back childhood memories when he witnessed a murder in the same theatre. However, Roberto’s eccentric elderly aunt has...

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  6. Rome, Open City (1993)

    aka: Roma Citta Aperta

    Subject
    History; Italian studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £15.99

    Often seen as the true beginning of neo-realism with its documentary-style imagery and the authenticity of its performances, Rossellini’s classic tells the story of resistance under German occupation....

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  7. Tiziano: Dominio e Illusione Della Pittura (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, LaserVision videodisc. 2 sides.

    The paintings of Titian (Tiziano Vecellio, 1490-1576).

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  8. Stolen Children, The (1992)

    aka: Ladro di Bambini, Il

    Director
    Gianni Amelio
    Subject
    Italian studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £15.99

    This proze-winning film tells the story of a young policeman who escorts two young children back to their native Sicily after their mother is arrested.

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  9. Notte di Mezza Estate a Daisy Town, Una (1992 Television, Video)

    Director
    Terence Hill
    Subject
    Drama

    Eight-part western series made for Italian television and based on the popular Belgian/French comic strip Lucky Luke created by Morris. The Dalton brothers, serving time in prison, present ‘highlights from...

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  10. Prospero’s Books (1991 Film)

    Director
    Peter Greenaway
    Producer
    Kees Kasander
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 121 minutes), £15.99

    Feature film based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Prospero is given 24 books to lessen the pain of his exile on a barren island. Greenaway interprets The Tempest as a mind reviewing its entire contents, and...

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