Product Details

• Actors: Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro, Augusto Milla, Attilio Motta
• Directors: Giuseppe de Liguoro, Adolfo Padovan, Francesco Bertolini
• Writers: Dante Alighieri
• Producers: Tim Pearce
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Silent, Subtitled, NTSC
• Subtitles: French, German, Italian, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Snapper UK
• DVD Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Run Time: 68 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002V7TQA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #135,963 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "L' Inferno" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Music For The Movies

Tangerine Dream have composed a worthy accompaniment that can rightfully claim its place alongside the classic movie it supports.

Product Description

L'Inferno (1911), the first Italian feature film ever made, is a fantastical journey into the imagination of Dante as we travel through hell encountering angels, demons and Lucifer himself. Lovingly produced over three years using incredible special effects and set designs this cinematic masterpiece, a blockbuster in it's time, has been lost in film archives for nearly 100 years.

This first ever DVD release of L’Inferno is scored by Tangerine Dream and brings this silent film into the modern age in an extraordinary and powerful synthesis of old and new.

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Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Film, god-awful soundtrack!, May 18, 2006

By	Josh Z. Bonder "a sound painter" (Toronto) - See all my reviews

I should begin by stating that this film is a real treasure; it was the first ever feature length Italian film, and has a look and a feel still unique today. Based on Dante's Inferno, it is rich in imagery and symbolism, and has many intriguing and bizarre snippets which make it ripe for repeated viewings. While the special effects may at times seem dated to the modern viewer, they are equally innovative and create an atmosphere quite unique in early experimental films: While elaborate costumes and sets are regularly employed, so are numerous collage and filmic effects which are actually quite phenomenal considering what kind of technology was available before 1911. Now for the bad news and the docked star: The remade soundtrack for the dvd release by Tangerine Dream is at times, deplorable. It can be said that there is often much dispute over the quality of tacked on silent film soundtracks, but this one violated what I consider the first faux-pas of soundtrack making within the first few minutes. The soundtrack features vocals superfluously describing what is taking place. Moreover, they often contradict or mix up the information being simultaneously presented on the original textual interludes. But now back to the good news; you won't be missing anything if you mute the volume and play your favourite instrumental music to match the spectacular visuals.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dante's Vision Brought to the Screen, November 3, 2006

By	Anthony J. Adam - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Anyone familiar with the Dore illustrated L'INFERNO will be fascinated by this early Italian epic. The director and cinematographer attempt to capture Dore's vision throughout, and some of the scenes are truly spectacular for their time. Some wonderful special effects, although on occasion (particularly in the opening scenes) the work seems a bit too stagey. A great example of early genre filmmaking that seems more flowing than other Italian epics of the period.

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Art from yester year., April 11, 2008

By	Cool Cat "Rich" (Springfield, OR USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)

Beautiful movie, awesome sets and costumes from when cinema was having it's birth pangs. Tangerine Dream's soundtrack is a bit annoying but you can get past it. This movie deserved a orchestra for it was as grand and poetic as Dante. I suggest this film to anyone but again it pisses me off the sellers on here literally screw the customer on the price. If you don't want to empty your wallet I suggest you look elsewhere on the internet. This movie isn't completely out of stock in all places, I got mine new from a company that isn't small or independent. The high price is well worth it but I say look before you spend ridiculous amounts of money to rip off sellers.