The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)
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| Italian | Il giardino dei Finzi Contini |
| Directed by | Vittorio De Sica |
| Screenplay by | Vittorio Bonicelli Ugo Pirro |
| Based on | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani |
| Produced by | Arthur Cohn Gianni Hecht Lucari Artur Brauner |
| Starring | Lino Capolicchio Dominique Sanda Helmut Berger Fabio Testi Romolo Valli |
| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Edited by | Adriana Novelli |
| Music by | Manuel De Sica |
Production companies | Documento Film CCC-Filmkunst |
| Distributed by | Titanus (Italy) CCC-Filmkunst (West Germany) |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | Italy West Germany |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $1,590,000 |
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italian: Il giardino dei Finzi Contini) is a 1970 historical war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay by Ugo Pirro and Vittorio Bonicelli adapts Italian Jewish author Giorgio Bassani's 1962 semi-autobiographical novel, about the lives of an upper-class Jewish family in Ferrara during the Fascist era. The film stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger, Romolo Valli, and Fabio Testi in his breakthrough role.
An Italian and West German co-production, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival and won the Golden Bear. The film won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and earned a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.