Stromboli [DVD video]

After World War II, a Lithuanian refugee marries a simple Italian fisherman she meets in a prisoner of war camp and accompanies him back to his isolated village on an island off the coast of Sicily. Cut off from the world, she finds herself crumbling emotionally, but she is destined for a dramatic epiphany.

General Note:

Title from disc surface.

Issued as part of 3-film set with Europe '51 and Journey to Italy : 3 films by Roberto Rossellini starring Ingrid Bergman.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.

Special features: Disc 1: New high-definition digital restoration of the English-language version; Introduction by director Roberto Rossellini; Rossellini under the volcano (a 1998 documentary that returns to Stromboli fifty years after the making of the film); Surprised by death (a new visual essay by film critic James Quandt on the historical and artistic themes of the triology). Disc 2: New 2K digital restoration of the Italian-language version, Stromboli terra di dio; Adriano Aprà (new interview with film critic Adriano Aprà); Rossellini through his own eyes (a 1992 documentary on the director's approach to cinema, featuring archival interviews with Rossellini and actress Ingrid Bergman); New English subtitle translation.

Performers:

Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, Mario Sponzo.

Contents:

Disc 1. Stromboli (English-language version ; 106 min.) -- disc 2. Stromboli terra di dio = Stromboli, land of God (Italian-language version ; 100 min.).

Technical Details:

DVD, full screen (1.37:1) presentation, monaural, NTSC, region 1.

Subject Term:

Spouses -- Italy -- Stromboli -- Drama.

Fishers -- Italy -- Stromboli -- Drama.

Volcanic eruptions -- Italy -- Stromboli -- Drama.

Genre:

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Foreign films.

Italian language films.