Elvira Notari - Pioneer of Italian Cinema
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£23.00
Elvira Notari is widely considered Italy’s first female director and created a large number of highly successful silent melodramas, often based on popular Neapolitan songs. Although most of her films are now lost, recent research has emphasized her importance as a key figure in early Italian genre cinema, establishing her as a cult name in film history.
This Blu-ray/DVD combo set features restorations of three complete films by Elvira Notari ('A Santanotte, E' piccerella, Fantasia 'e surdate), as well as fragments of other lost works (View of Avellino / View of Trevico, L'Italia s'è desta, Carmela, la sartina di Montesanto). The edition also includes an 80-page booklet in Italian and English.
Newly commissioned scores recreate the original multimedia experience that made these works so successful both in Italy and internationally.
Films:
- 'A Santanotte (1922, 61 min.)
- E' piccerella (1922, 63 min.)
- Fantasia 'e surdate (1927, 34 min.)
- View of Avellino / View of Trevico (1923, 14 min., newsreel) – Blu-ray only
- L'Italia s'è desta (1927, 9 min., fragment) – Blu-ray only
- Carmela, la sartina di Montesanto (1916, 16 min., fragment) – Blu-ray only
| Format | |
| Format | Blu-Ray & DVD |
| Film | |
| Year | 1922-1927 |
| Rating | PG |
| Director | Elvira Notari |
| Starring | |
| Country | Italy |
| Label | Penny Video |
| Region / TV Standard | Region 0 |
| Language | Italian |
| Subtitles | English, French, German, Italian |
| Running time | 193 mins |
| Aspect ratio | 1.33:1 |
| Case type | Standard with slipcase |
| Extra features |
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