#286: GERMI, Pietro: Divorce Italian Style (1961)
GERMI, Pietro (Italy)
Other Germi films in the Collection:
#350: Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Twenty-eight page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Stuart Klawans and reprinted pieces by Martin Scorsese and film historian Andrew Sarris.
Commentary
None.
The Man with a Cigar in His Mouth
Divorce Italian Style [1961]
Spine #286
DVD
DVD
Baron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli), but one obstacle stands in his way: his fatuous and fawning wife, Rosalia (Daniela Rocca). His solution? Since divorce is illegal, he hatches a plan to lure his spouse into the arms of another and then murder her in a justifiable effort to save his honor. The Criterion Collection is proud to present director Pietro Germi's hilarious and cutting satire of Sicilian male-chauvinist culture, winner of the 1962 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
104 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in Italin
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2005
Director/Writers
Pietro Germi was 47 when he directed Divorce Italian Style.
Screenplay by Ennio De Concini, Germi and Alfredo Giannetti.
Screenplay by Ennio De Concini, Germi and Alfredo Giannetti.
Other Germi films in the Collection:
#350: Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Twenty-eight page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Stuart Klawans and reprinted pieces by Martin Scorsese and film historian Andrew Sarris.
Commentary
None.
The Man with a Cigar in His Mouth
A 39-minute documentary by critic and filmmaker Mario Sesti featuring interviews with Germi’s longtime friends and collaborators.
Delighting in Contrasts
Delighting in Contrasts
A 30-minute collection of interviews with Sesti and actors Buzzanca and Sandrelli discussing Germi on the set of Divorce Italian Style.
Interview
Interview
With screenwriter De Concini.
Rare screen-test footage
Rare screen-test footage
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