| Edition |
Director-approved two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 DVDs (187 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. stamping. |
| Description |
digital optical mono |
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NTSC |
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video file region 1 |
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DVD video |
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Italy |
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Motion pictures |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 854
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Criterion collection ; 854.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC; region 1; full frame (4:3 presentation); Dolby digital 1.0. |
| Cast |
Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini, Giuseppe Brignoli, Carlo Rota, Pasqualina Brolis, Massimo Fratus. |
| Credits |
Director of photography and editor, Ermanno Olmi ; music, J.S. Bach, performed on organ by Fernando Germani. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978. |
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New 4K restoration, created in collaboration with The Film Foundation at L'Immagine Ritrovata and supervised by director Ermanno Olmi, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. |
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1.37:1 aspect ratio. |
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New 4K restoration, created in collaboration with The Film Foundation at L'Immagine Ritrovata and supervised by director Ermanno Olmi. |
| Summary |
A painterly and sensual immersion in late nineteenth-century Italian farm life that lovingly focuses on four families working for one landowner on an isolated estate in the province of Bergamo. |
| Note |
Special features: new video introduction by Mike Leigh; Ermanno Olmi, the Roots of the Tree, an hourlong episode of the South Bank Show from 1981, featuring an interview with Olmi on the film and a visit to the farm where it was shot; new program featuring cast and crew discussing film at the Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna, Italy, in 2016; archival interviews with Olmi; trailer; essay by film critic Deborah Young. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features. |
| Language |
Bergamasque with optional Italian soundtrack and optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Families -- Italy -- Drama.
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Families. |
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Italy. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Farm life -- Italy -- Drama.
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Farm life. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Olmi, Ermanno, 1931-2018, film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor of moving image work.
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Ornaghi, Luigi, actor.
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Moriggi, Francesca, actor.
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Brignoli, Omar, actor.
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Ferrari, Antonio, actor.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, composer (expression)
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Germani, Fernando, 1906-1998, organist.
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Radiotelevisione italiana, production company.
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Ital Noleggio Cinematografico, production company.
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Gruppo produzione cinema (Milan, Italy), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Note |
Italian title: L'albero degli zoccoli |
| Added Title |
Container of (work): Albero degli zoccoli (Motion picture)
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Container of (expression): Albero degli zoccoli (Motion picture). Italian.
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| ISBN |
9781681432199 |
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1681432196 |
| Standard No. |
715515187619 |
| Music No. |
CC2692DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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