Find release information for dantes inferno 1911 on allmovie. L inferno is a 1911 italian silent film, loosely adapted from inferno, the first canticle of dante alighieris divine comedy. The 1911 dantes inferno film is a hellish delight tristan ettleman. L inferno 1911 full movie wlive score 2016 duration. Dantes inferno 1911 salvatore papa and arturo pirovano in dantes inferno 1911 dantes inferno 1911. Voted by the fega master engravers as handgun of the year, the dante is a unique creation engraved with three cantos from this mesmeric epic, penned by the poet dante alighieri more than 700 years ago. Dantes inferno 1911 directed by francesco bertolini, adolfo padovan. Loosely adapted from dantes divine comedy and inspired by the illustrations of gustav dore the original silent film has been restored and has.
On the plus side, the special effects are quite stunning for the era. This film is a tribute to hollywood legend and golden globe nominee jeff conaway, who left us his great christian. Linferno 1911, the first italian feature film ever made, is a fantastical journey into the imagination of dante as we travel through hell encountering angels, demons and lucifer himself. Find similar and related movies for dantes inferno 1911 on allmovie. Mute and bw italian film about inferno of dante alighieri. However, the film follows my understanding of the poem in being driven by description rather. In between those two movies came linferno 1911 perhaps the finest cinematic adaptation of dantes inferno out there and the first featurelength italian movie ever.
It was the first feature length movie produced in italy. This may be unfair, but since the inferno has lakes of ice, suicide woods and satan devouring souls, its hard for the other two purgatorio and paradiso to compete after all, they were mostly dante rambling on about beatrice. Virgil gives dante a tour of hells circles and the directors offer a wellconceived. Dantes inferno movie adaptation is coming from warner. Harnessing dantes international renown proved a sound strategy as italys. Italian for hell is the first part of italian writer dante alighieris 14thcentury epic poem divine comedy.
Considering linferno was released in 1911 and was the first italian feature ever, its quite impressive. The special effects and sets in this thing are downright beautiful and quite a sight to behold, which is the real reason to check this thing out. The most baffling adaptations of dantes inferno, with one. Lovingly produced over three years using incredible special effects and set designs this cinematic masterpiece, a blockbuster in its time, has been lost in. Linferno is a 1911 italian silent film, loosely adapted from inferno, the first canticle of dante alighieris divine comedy. In the poem, hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the earth. The film consists mostly of hefty intertitles interspersed with short action scenes. The first worldwide was the story of the kelly gang, which wa. Dantes inferno 1911 r 1h 08min horror, drama, fantasy, adventure. Also includes a cameo by rita hayworth rita cansino as a dancer. Jim eventually becomes consumed with greed as dantes inferno brings him money and riches that he never possessed before.
Dantes inferno 1911 genres drama, fantasy subgenres fantasy. The print used to remaster this dvd isnt great, but it sure beats the 80s vhs master used to broadcast the film on fox movie channel in recent years. Linferno took over three years to make, and was the first fulllength italian feature film. This is the sixtyfirst in a series of historicalcritical. Introducing cabots dante inferno, a journey of betrayal and treachery embodied in steel, an evocative blend of beauty, craftsmanship, and artistic significance.
Harry lachmans 1935 dantes inferno is loosely based on the divine comedy in that its a. L inferno took over three years to make, and was the first fulllength italian feature film. An animated epic is a direct to dvd animated dark fantasy action film released on february 9, 2010. This is the sixtyfirst in a series of historicalcritical essays examining the best in.
All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others. Early, italian silent film, which is often seen in scenes lifted for use in other later movies. Dante travels to hell where he gets to see what really goes on down there. This historically important film stands as the first feature from italy and the oldest fullysurviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful special effects and sets that stand above other cinema of the era. The film is based on dantes inferno video game which is itself loosely based on dantes inferno. Loosely adapted from dante s divine comedy and inspired by the illustrations of gustav dore the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by tangerine dream. The inferno tells the journey of dante through hell, guided by the ancient roman poet virgil. Film, orijinal eserdeki dantenin cehennem tasvirini sinemaya uyarlan. The inferno linferno is a 1911 italian silent film, loosely adapted from inferno, the first canticle of dante alighieris divine comedy.
Dantes infernoas a completely unrelated spencer tracy movie. Information from its description page there is shown below. This articles plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Dantes inferno 1911 worlds oldest surviving feature. Considering l inferno was released in 1911 and was the first italian feature ever, its quite impressive. There have been at least three movies, of varying quality and importance, based on dantes inferno. The story is visually told using most of his inferno collection as well as clips from linferno 1911 the first italian feature film. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and. Linferno is a 1911 italian silent film, loosely adapted from dante alighieris the divine comedy. Linferno was first screened in naples in the teatro mercadante on march 10, 1911. Linferno 1911 out of 4 historically important film as it stands as the first feature from italy as well as the first film to show full frontal nudity.
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