FONDAZIONE CINETECA ITALIANA, Milano
Restored films
I MILLE (The Thousand)
Dir. by Alberto degli Abbati. Int.: Mary Cleo Tarlarini, V. De Stefano, C. Zocchi. Italy, 1912, b/w, 45 min. Our most recent restoration of a silent film was effected thanks to the cooperation of Cineteca Italiana, Fondazione Brescia Musei, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Cineteca D.W. Griffith. The Cineteca archive held the only one existing print of what is the first film dealing with these historical facts, mixing an epic subject (the waiting for Garibaldi’s landing in Sicily) with a love story. The film has been shown this year at the festivals of Annecy and Pordenone.
L’ULTIMO SCIUSCIA (The last Sciuscià)
Francesco Guido (Gibba) prod. Alfa Circus. Italy, Animation,1946, b/w,
13 min
Digital restoration carried out by Eurolab on high definition film.
IL FEROCE SALADINO (The fierce Saladino)
Dir. by Mario Bonnard. Written by M. Bonnard, E.M. Margadonna. Int.:
Angelo Musco, Alida Valli. Italy, 1937, b/w., 94 min. The first film
featuring Alida Valli, one of the most well-known and beautiful Italian
actresses, who passed away in 2006. The restoration work on a nitrate
positive print was carried out at L’Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna),
thanks to the support of MNC of Turin, Jaeger-LeCoultre, La Biennale
di Venezia, the Provincia di Milano.
IL CANALE DEGLI ANGELI (The Angels’ Canal)
Subject, writing, editing and direction by Francesco Pasinetti. Int.:
Maurizio D’Ancora, Anna Ariani, Ugo Gracchi. Prod. Venezia
Film, Italy 1934, 51’
This rare film marked the debut in the professional direction by Venetian
critic and filmmaker F. Pasinetti. The seriously damaged nitrate positive
print was restored at Cinecittà Studios by 2k digital techniques.
The final result was a new separation film negative on polyester support.
TV diffusion
ORO NERO (Black Gold)
Dir. by Enrico Guazzoni, Camillo Mastrocinque. Written by Amleto Palermi,
Pietro Lissia, Silvano Castellani. Int.: J. De Landa, C. Candiani,
G. Glori, Piero Pastore. Italy, 1942, b/w, 85’.
The Cineteca held the original nitrate material (negative) of this
film, a love drama set in the coal mines of the Sulcis region and shot
in adventurous circumstances under the Tirrenia bombings by three of
the most popular cinematographers of that time (Guazzoni, Mastrocinque
and Palermi). The accurate restoration carried out in 2003 by the Immagine
Ritrovata laboratory of Bologna was very difficult due to the restricted
perforations and the separated track of 17,50 mm., and was possible
thanks to the funds provided by the Municipality of Carbonia (Sardinia
Island), the Società Umanitaria and the Cineteca Sarda of Cagliari..
The restored print was premiered in Carbonia, once an important coal
field. Thanks to an exclusive agreement with the 3rd channel of RAI,
the film has had a TV diffusion.
Films in danger
ANNI DIFFICILI (Difficult years)
by Luigi Zampa. Int.:
Ave Ninchi, Massimo Girotti, Umberto Spadaro. Italy 1948, b/w 92’
First ‘lost’ part - written by Vitaliano Brancati - of
a trilogy marked by bitter humour.
MARCO POLO, IL CASTELLO DI CARTE
Animation films belonging to the precious
stock entrusted to our archive by artist Emanuele Luzzati.
GARE DI MONZA (Monza auto races)
Silent documentary of the 1920s.