Divorce, Italian Style [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

Director: Pietro Germi Pietro Germi

Overview

To fully appreciate the international box-office bonanza Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio All'Italiana), one must remember that back in 1962, divorce was illegal in Italy. Ferdinando Cefalú(Marcello Mastroianni) would love to unload his demanding, sex-starved, monumentally unappealing wife, Rosalia (Daniela Rocca), but he can't take the legal means open to his American counterparts. Ferdinando can, however, kill off his wife and receive a light sentence...provided he catches the lady committing adultery. The trick now is to make his plate-of-potatoes spouse attractive enough so that some other man will accommodate Ferdinando by cuckolding him. Divorce, Italian Style not only cleaned up financially, but also won several international film awards, as well as an Oscar nomination for Marcello Mastroianni.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/26/2005
UPC:	0037429202524
Original Release:	1962
Source:	Criterion Collection
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	1,899

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer; New and improved English subtitle translation; The Man With a Cigar in His Mouth, a 39-minute documentary by critic and filmmaker Mario Sesti featuring interviews with Germi's longtime friends and collaborators; Delighting in Contrasts, a new 30-minute collection of interviews with Sesti and actors Lando Buzzanca and Stefania Sandrelli discussing Germi on the set of Divorce Italian Style; An interview with screenwriter Ennio De Concini; Rare screen-test footage of actors Stefania Sandrelli and Daniela Rocca; Plus: a 28-page booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Stuart Klawans and reprinted pieces by director Martin Scorsese and film historian Andrew Sarris

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Marcello Mastroianni	Ferdinando Cefalu
Daniela Rocca	Rosalia
Stefania Sandrelli	Angela
Leopoldo Trieste	Carmelo Patané
Odoardo Spadaro	Don Gaetano Cefalù
Margherita Girelli	Sisina
Angela Cardile	Agnese
Lando Buzzanca	Rosario Mulé
Pietro Tordi	Avvocato De Marzi
Ugo Torrente	Don Calogero
Antonio Acqua	Parroco
Bianca Castagnetta	Donna Matilde Cefalù
Renato Pinciroli	Socio del circolo
Saro Arcidiacono	Dottor Talamone
Giovanni Fassiolo	Actor
Ignazio Roberto Daidone	Actor
Francesco Nicastro	Actor
Edy Nogara	Actor
Daniela Igliozzi	Actor
Bruno Bertocci	Actor
Laura Tomiselli	Aunt Fifidda
Renzo Marignano	Actor
Carlo Rustichelli	Composer
Pietro Fumelli	Actor

Technical Credits

Pietro Germi

Alfredo Giannetti

Ennio de Concini

Pietro Germi	Director,Screenwriter
Franco Cristaldi	Producer
Alfredo Giannetti	Screenwriter
Ennio de Concini	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 -- Divorce, Italian Style
1. Agramonte and Family [6:50]
2. "We Live to Love" [4:58]
3. Murder on the Mind [6:15]
4. By the Seashore With Angela [4:55]
5. Don Ciccio Matara [1:46]
6. She Has a Lover [6:55]
7. Mariannina Terranova [5:46]
8. Don Ferdinando Snaps [4:48]
9. Carmelo Patanè [5:23]
10. Reconciliation With Rosalia? [5:23]
11. Don Ferdinando Goes to Catania [2:49]
12. A Doomed Affair [1:48]
13. Ferdinando's Plan in Motion [3:15]
14. An Unexpected Development [7:14]
15. Sisina, Carmelo, and Rosalia [8:38]
16. La Dolce Vita and Adultery [6:09]
17. The Cuckold [7:10]
18. A Deadly Discovery [3:38]
19. Serious Provocation [2:48]
20. Honor Restored [4:16]
21. Love Is Cruel [3:50]
Side #2 -- The Supplementals
1. Introductions [4:11]
2. Screenplay [6:47]
3. The Actors [8:54]
4. On Set [7:47]
5. Editing [6:01]
6. Legacy [5:05]

Menu

Side #1 -- Divorce, Italian Style
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   Chapters
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Side #2 -- The Supplementals
   The Man With a Cigar in His Mouth
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      Index
      About Sesti
   Interviews
      Delighting in Contrasts
      De Concini
   Screen Tests
      Stefania Sandrelli
      Daniela Rocca
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