Post by captainofbeef on Jan 14, 2009 11:13:12 GMT -5
In a magnetic performance, Vittorio De Sica is Bardone, an opportunistic rascal in wartime Genoa, conning and cheating his fellow Italians, exploiting their tragedies by promising to help find their missing loved ones in exchange for money. But when the Nazis force him to impersonate a dead partisan general in prison to extract information from fellow inmates, Bardone finds himself wrestling with his conscience for the first time. Roberto Rossellini’s gripping drama, among his most commercially popular films, is further evidence of the compassionate artistry of one cinema’s most important voices.
Disc Features
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* New video interviews with Isabella, Renzo, and Ingrid Rossellini, as well as
film scholar Adriano Aprà
* New visual essay by Tag Gallagher, author of The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini
* Original theatrical trailer
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic James Monaco and an excerpt from a 2000 interview with Indro Montanelli, author of the story that inspired the film
