The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
A Film from the Artur Brauner Collection at Our Library
Scene from the movie The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
CCC Filmkunst
The extensive garden of the Jewish upper middle-class Finzi-Contini family becomes a meeting place for young people to maintain their friendships and liaisons undisturbed and unfazed by Italian fascism in the late 1930s. The beginning of the Second World War shatters this idyll and in 1943 the family is deported.
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy, Library
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
Postal address: Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin
The film was to create a "fresco of the Jewish tragedy in toto," as Giorgio Bassani, the author of the autobiographical novel on which the film was based, later wrote. Under the direction of Vittorio De Sica, the doyen of Italian neorealism, a melodrama was created that subtly hints at the breach of civilization. It won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1971 and a year later the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Starring Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger. Directed by Vittorio De Sica.
Reference
Bassani, Giorgio. "Der verratene Garten" (The Betrayed Garden). In: Erinnerungen des Herzens (Memories of the Heart). Munich: Piper, 1991, 165–173.
Film Collection: Artur Brauner Collection (21)
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Artur Brauner Collection
The media library of our Library presents selected work by one of the most successful film producers in German post-war history.
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Morituri (1948)
Starring Walter Richter, Lotte Koch, and Klaus Kinski. Directed by Eugen York.
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The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955)
Starring Wolfgang Preiss, Annemarie Düringer, and Robert Freitag. Directed by Falk Harnack.
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Sweetheart of the Gods (1960)
Starring Ruth Leuwerik, Peter van Eyck, and Harry Meyen. Directed by Gottfried Reinhardt.
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Murder by Signature (1961)
Written and directed by Erwin Leiser
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Man and Beast (1963)
A film from the Artur Brauner Collection at our library
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Witness out of Hell (1967)
Starring Irene Papas, Heinz Drache, and Daniel Gélin. Directed by Živorad Mitrović
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
Starring Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger. Directed by Vittorio De Sica
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You Are Free, Dr. Korczak (1974)
Starring Leo Genn. Directed by Aleksander Ford.
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Charlotte (1980)
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The White Rose (1982)
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The Passerby (1982)
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A Love in Germany (1983)
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Ruth (1984)
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Angry Harvest (1985)
Starring Armin Mueller-Stahl and Elisabeth Trissenaar. Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
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Hanussen (1988)
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The Rose Garden (1989)
Starring Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann. Directed by Fons Rademakers.
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Europa Europa (1990)
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Exiled/Izgoy (1991)
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Warsaw: Year 5703 (1992)
Starring Hanna Schygulla, Lambert Wilson and Julie Delpy. Directed by Janusz Kijowski.
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From Hell to Hell (1997)
Starring Anja Kling. Directed by Dmitri Astrachan.
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Babiy Yar: The Forgotten Crime (2003)
Starring Michael Degen, Katrin Saß, and Axel Milberg. Directed by Jeff Kanew