The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Italian theatrical release poster
Italian	Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
Directed by	Vittorio De Sica
Screenplay by	Vittorio Bonicelli [it] 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 [it]
Music by	Manuel De Sica
Production companies	Documento Film CCC-Filmkunst
Distributed by	Titanus (Italy) CCC-Filmkunst (West Germany)
Release date	4 December 1970 (1970-12-04)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Italy West Germany
Language	Italian
Box office	$1,590,000[1]

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,^[2] 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.