The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

95 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 4, 1970

In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a diverse circle of friends for tennis and parties at their villa with its lovely grounds, and try to keep the rest of the world at bay. But tensions between them all grow as anti-Semitism rises in Fascist Italy, and even the Finzi-Continis will have to confront the Holocaust.

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

95 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 4, 1970

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a diverse circle of friends for tennis and parties at their villa with its lovely grounds, and try to keep the rest of the world at bay. But tensions between them all grow as anti-Semitism rises in Fascist Italy, and even the Finzi-Continis will have to confront the Holocaust.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Documento Films, CCC-Filmkunst
Original title Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
Directors Franca Invernizzi, Luisa Alessandri, Giorgio Treves, Vittorio De Sica
Writers Ugo Pirro, Giorgio Bassani, Vittorio Bonicelli

Cast

Lino Capolicchio

as Giorgio

Dominique Sanda

as Micól

Fabio Testi

as Bruno

Romolo Valli

as padre di Giorgio

Helmut Berger

as Alberto

Camillo Cesarei

as padre di Micól

Inna Alexeievna

as nonna di Micól

Katina Morisani

as madre di Micól

Barbara Pilavin

as madre di Giorgio

Michael Berger

as Studente tedesco

Ettore Geri

as Pierotti

Raffaele Curi

as Ernesto, fratello di Giorgio

Cinzia Bruno

as Micól giovane

Alessandro D'Alatri

as Giorgio giovane

Franco Nebbia

as Professor De Marchis

Edoardo Toniolo

as Direttore della biblioteca