Sandra ( Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa... ) ( Sandra of a Thousand Delights (Sandra of a 1,000 Delights) )

Sandra (DVD) (*)

$24.99

Original Title: Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...
Alternate Title: Sandra of a Thousand Delights (Sandra of a 1,000 Delights)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Storyboards

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Luchino Visconti

Written By:
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Enrico Medioli

Actors:
Claudia Cardinale ..... Sandra Dawson
Jean Sorel ..... Gianni Wald-Luzzati
Michael Craig ..... Andrew Dawson
Renzo Ricci ..... Antonio Gilardini
Fred Williams ..... Pietro Formari
Amalia Troiani ..... Fosca - maid
Marie Bell ..... Sandra's mother
Vittorio Manfrino
Renato Moretti
Giovanni Rovini
Paola Piscini
Isacco Politi
Ferdinando Scarfiotti

Synopsis:

After a farewell party, Sandra Dawson and her American husband Andrew travel to her hometown in the province of Volterra for a homage of the locals to her father, a prominent scientist that died in the concentration camp of Auschwitz. The couple is welcomed by the maid Fosca, and Andrew becomes fascinated with the house. Sandra has issues with her stepfather Pietro Formari and her insane mother and misses her brother Gianni Wald-Luzzati, who is an aspirant writer. When Gianni appears in the house out of the blue, Andrew unravels a shadowy secret from the past of the siblings.

American Andrew (Michael Craig) comes with his young wife Sandra (Claudia Cardinale) to her Italian estate, where she again finds herself a prisoner of the past: the memories of her dead father, hostility towards her mother, and her strange relationship with her brother Gianni (Jean Sorel). Psychological chamber pieces weren't the most fruitful area for director Luchino Visconti, who was more successful in grandiose costume spectacles, but his high professionalism and touch of style helped the film find admirers; it received the Grand-Prix at the Venice Film Festival.

Sandra comes back to Volterra, in Tuscany, the little town where she spent her childhood. She is with her American husband, Andrew. She wishes to pay homage to her father who died in Auschwitz where she was still a little child. In Volterra, Andrew meets for the first time Gianni, Sandra's brother. He soon realizes that Sandra and Gianni have a secret since their childhood.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 28 December, 2009.

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