Europe '51 [DVD video]

Ingrid Bergman plays a wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite racked by guilt over the shocking death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city's poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.

General Note:

Title from disc surface.

Issued as part of 3-film set with Stromboli and Journey to Italy : 3 films by Roberto Rossellini starring Ingrid Bergman.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952.

Special features: Disc 1: New 2K digital restoration of the English-language version; Introduction by Roberto Rossellini; Adriano Aprà (new interview with film critic Adriano Aprà); Ingrid and Isabella Rossellini (new interview with Rossellini and actress Ingrid Bergman's daughters, Ingrid Rossellini and Isabella Rossellini); My dad is 100 years old (a 2005 short film directed by Guy Maddin and starring Isabella Rossellini). Disc 2: New high-definition digital restoration of the Italian-language version, Europa '51; Elena Dagrada version comparison (new interview with film historian Elena Dagrada on the different versions of the film); The chicken (a 1952 short film directed by Rossellini and starring Berman); G. Fiorella Mariani interview (new interview with G. Fiorella Mariani, Rosellini's niece, featuring Bergman's home movies); New English subtitle translation.

Performers:

Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina, Teresa Pellati, Marcella Rovena, Tina Perna, Sandro Franchina, Maria Zanoli, Silvana Veronese, William Tubbs, Alberto Plebani, Eleonora Barracco, Alfonso Di Stefano, Alfred Browne, [Antonio Pietrangeli].

Contents:

Disc 1. Europe '51 (English-language version ; 109 min.) -- Disc 2. Europa '51 (Italian-language version ; 118 min.).

Technical Details:

DVD; 1.37:1 aspect ratio presentation; Dolby Digital; Region 1, NTSC; monaural.

Subject Term:

Families -- Drama.

Grief -- Drama.

Genre:

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Foreign films.