Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 317 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- France, Germany, Italy
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
- italy
- resistance
- fascism
- peasant
- world war ii
- execution
- brutality
- death
- catholicism
- land owner
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Robert De Niro
Alfredo Berlinghieri
Gérard Depardieu
Olmo Dalcò
Dominique Sanda
Ada Fiestri Paulhan
Stefania Sandrelli
Anita Foschi
- Donald Sutherland — Attila Mellanchini
- Burt Lancaster — Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
- Francesca Bertini — Sister Desolata
- Laura Betti — Regina
- Werner Bruhns — Ottavio Berlinghieri
- Stefania Casini — Neve
- Sterling Hayden — Leo Dalcò
- Anna Henkel-Grönemeyer — Anita the Younger
- Ellen Schwiers — Amelia
- Alida Valli — Signora Pioppi
- Romolo Valli — Giovanni Berlinghieri
- Directed
- Bernardo Bertolucci
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 693 ratings
- Studio
- Les Productions Artistes Associés, Artemis Film, PEA
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
