Date/Time
Date(s) - 15 Oct 2013
7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
Location
Italian Academy - Columbia University
Category(ies) No Categories
Columbia University
The Italian Academy and the School of the Arts M.A. in Film Studies Program
Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7:00 pm
“INFERNO”
(F. Bertolini, A. Padovan, and G. de Liguoro, 1911; 66 minutes)
Preceded by “Il diavolo zoppo” (The Crippled Devil; 1909, 15 minutes)
Introduced by ELIZABETH LEAKE (Columbia University)
The longest and most expensive Italian film ever produced up to 1911, “Inferno” is a cinematic adaptation of the first section of Dante’s “Divine Comedy”. It was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy. Compared to Gustave Doré’s famous paintings of the Divine Comedy,the film enjoyed huge success both in Italy and overseas, partly thanks to its faithful rendering of Dante’s masterpiece.