Il mondo perduto (The lost world) is a DVD release of ten short documentaries films directed by Vittorio De Seta between 1954 and 1959.

Il mondo perduto.
I cortometraggi di Vittorio De Seta. 1954-1959
Directed byVittorio De Seta
CinematographyVittorio De Seta
Distributed byFeltrinelli
Release dates
  • Cinema: 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959 (Italy)
  • DVD: October 30, 2008 (Italy)
Running time
120 minutes
LanguageItalian

The series was restored by the Bologna Cinematheque in 2008.[1]

Episodes edit

  • 1954. Vinni lu tempu de li pisci spata (11 minutes)
  • 1955. Isola di fuoco (11 min.)[2]
  • 1955. Sulfarara (10 min.)
  • 1955. Pasqua in Sicilia (11 min.)
  • 1955. Contadini del mare (10 min.)
  • 1955. Parabola d'oro (10 min.)
  • 1958. Pescherecci (11 min.)
  • 1958. Pastori di Orgosolo (11 min.)
  • 1958. Un giorno in Barbagia (14 min.)
  • 1959. I dimenticati (20 min.)

Related media edit

The DVD was released with a book:[3]

  • Roberto Saviano, Goffredo Fofi, Alberto Farassino, Martin Scorsese, Vincenzo Consolo, Gian Luca Farinelli. La fatica delle mani. Scritti su Vittorio De Seta. Real Cinema, Feltrinelli Editore, 2008. pp. 160, ISBN 978-88-07-74034-3

Awards edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ I documentari di Vittorio De Seta (1954-1959). RAI video on YouTube - February 28, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2010
  2. ^ a b Isola di Fuoco, best documentary - short film at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved July 19, 2010
  3. ^ (in Italian) Il mondo perduto Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 19, 2010
  4. ^ Premi David di Donatello - Vittorio De Seta Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 19, 2010

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