Featuring the most prestigious directors in Italian cinema history, including Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini and Luchino Visconti. 8½ (1963): Federico Fellini's Academy Award-winning masterpiece remains one of the great films about moviemaking. Stars Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale. Rocco and his Brothers (1960): Starring Alain Delon (Le Samourai), Luchino Visconti's neo-realist masterpiece is a compelling chronicle of class war, personal downfall and family disintegration. Open City (1945): Filmed in the still war-torn streets of Rome, Roberto Rossellini's Open City defined Italian neo-realist cinema and won the Palm d'Or at Cannes in 1946.
Essential World Cinema - Italy (DVD)
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