La grande guerra sull'altipiano di Asiago raccontata da Mario Rigoni Stern
The great war on the altopiano of Asiago as recounted by Mario Rigoni Stern
Italia / 2011 / 54 min / Colour
Italian premiere
This narration by Mario Rigoni Stern begins at the hearth of the Osteria della Tagliata and is drawn from a precious archive of material about the events that took place on the High Plain of Asiago during World War I. The story is recounted from the perspective of those who fought and truly suffered in the trenches. In a dialogue with the professor Mario Isnenghi, Rigoni Stern takes us to the salient sites of the Great War on the High Plain.
Federico Massa
Both a producer and director, in collaboration with Gian Piero Brunetta (professor of film history and criticism at the University of Padua) he has made documentaries about various authors and directors, among them Mario Rigoni Stern, Marco Paolini and Ermanno Olmi. After a master's degree in audiovisual media at Cinecittà, he returned to Padua where he founded the production company AViLab.
Mirco Melanco
A professor of film, photography, and television, he teaches at the DAMS and the University of Padua, where he also in charge of the “Video writing laboratory”. Melanco has written history and film criticism and is the author of four monographs and more than fifty essays published in books and magazines. He is the director of documentaries, video-essays, and video-installations, which have been shown at the MOMA in New York, MART in Rovereto, and Expo in Shanghai.
Credits
Language Italian Subject Gian Piero Brunetta, Mario Isnenghi, Vittorio CoràScreenplay Federico Massa, Mirco Melanco, Raffaele PizzattiCinematography Andrea AzzettiEditing Federico MassaMusic Matteo BuzzancaProduction company Associazione Culturale Gooliver Regione Veneto
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