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The War of the Volcanoes (2012)
Directed by Francesco Patierno
Documentary · 52m
In 1948, a fan letter arrived for director Roberto Rossellini from Ingrid Bergman, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars; after a meeting in New York, Rossellini invited Bergman to Italy to work on a project. Meanwhile, Anna Magnani, one of Italy’s biggest stars and Rossellini’s longtime lover, was furious. When the Rossellini/Bergman project was announced as a tale set on Stromboli, one of the volcanic Aeolian Islands, Magnani quickly set up her own Aeolian project, financed by Hollywood, to be called Volcano. Italy’s tabloids simply went wild: the prospect of these two great divas battling it out with rival productions was breathlessly followed, especially as it became clear that the Rossellini/Bergman relationship was more than professional. Francesco Patierno has created an engrossing, revealing and highly entertaining chronicle of this cinematic battle royal.
Cast
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Anna Magnani
Crew
- Director
- Francesco Patierno
- Screenplay
- Francesco Patierno, Chiara Laudani
- Writer
- Maria Gabriella Giannice, Alberto Anile
- Original Music Composer
- Santi Pulvirenti
Details
- Release date
- 2012-09-02
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Italian