| Description |
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (unp. : ill. ; 18 cm.) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 296 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 296.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. |
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Based on the short story: Belye nochi / by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. |
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Program notes on container insert include an essay by film scholar Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. |
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Special features: a collection of interviews, from 2003, with screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, film critics Laura Delli Colli and Lino Micciche, cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno, and costume designer Piero Tosi ; new audio recording of Dostoyevsky's "White nights" also downlodable as an MP3 ; rare screen test of Mastroianni and Schell ; original theatrical trailer ; an essay by film scholar Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. |
| Credits |
Costumes, Piero Tosi ; editor, Mario Serandrei ; director of photography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; music, Nino Rota. |
| Cast |
Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Clara Calamai. |
| Summary |
A chance encounter on a canal bridge results in a series of twilight rendezvous between a lonely man and a sheltered woman haunted by a lover's promise. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
Italian dialogue, optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama
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Love -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Film adaptations
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Motion pictures, Italian.
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| Added Author |
Visconti, Luchino, 1906-1976
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Schell, Maria, 1926-2005.
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Mastroianni, Marcello, 1924-1996.
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Marais, Jean, 1913-1998
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Calamai, Clara, 1909-1998
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Cecchi d'Amico, Suso
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Delli Colli, Laura.
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Miccichè, Lino.
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Rotunno, Giuseppe.
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Tosi, Piero.
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Smith, T. Ryder
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Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.
Belye nochi
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Rota, Nino, 1911-1979
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Cinematografica Associati (Firm)
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Vides-Film (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title from English subtitles: White nights |
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Title on container: Luchino Visconti's Le notti bianche |
| ISBN |
0780030117 |
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9780780030114 |
| Standard No. |
037429207826 |
| Music No. |
NOT020 Criterion Collection |
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