Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

Case study

Released in 1970, this The Garden of the Finzi Continis is the screen adaptation of Giorgio Bassani’s successful novel published in 1962, directed by the acclaimed maestro Vittorio De Sica. It won the Golden Bear at the 1971 Berlin Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language the following year. This is also the number-one longseller in France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States in the period 2008-2017.

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Director:: Vittorio De Sica
Writer/s:: Vittorio Bonicelli, Ugo Pirro
Cast:: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Fabio Testi, Romolo Valli, Helmut Berger
Producer/s:: Documento Film [IT], CCC-Filmkunst [DE]
Release date:: December 2, 1970
International releases:: Israel Dec 2, 1970 (Jerusalem – premiere)
Italy Dec 4, 1970
West Germany June 1971 (Berlin International Film Festival)
West Germany Jul 3, 1971
Japan Oct 9, 1971
France Dec 8, 1971
United States Dec 16, 1971
Argentina Feb 24, 1972
Portugal Apr 18, 1972
Finland Sept 15, 1972
Sweden Sept 25, 1972
Belgium Nov 3, 1972 (Gent)
Hong Kong Mar 22, 1973
Colombia Mar 28, 1973
Denmark Oct 12, 1973
East Germany Mar 19, 1979 (TV premiere)
United States Nov 8, 1996 (re-release)
Australia Mar 5, 1998 (re-release)
France Jul 18, 2007 (re-release)
Serbia Feb 20, 2010 (Belgrade Film Festival)
Distributors:: Titanus Distribuzione [IT] – (1970) Theatrical
Cinema 5 Distributing [US] – (1971) Theatrical
Planfilm [FR] – (1971) Theatrical
CEA Distribución [ES] – (1972) Theatrical
MGM-EMI [GB] – (1972) Theatrical
LoriMar Home Video [US] – (1988) VHS
Sony Pictures Classics [US] – (1996) (re-release) Theatrical
Columbia TriStar Home Video [US] – (2001) DVD
Concorde Home Entertainment [DE] – (2003) DVD
Medusa Home Entertainment [IT] – (2003) DVD
Warner Home Vidéo [FR] – (2008) DVD
Homescreen [NL] – (2010) DVD
Rai Movie [IT] – (2016) TV