Genres
Production Companies
Leonardo Film
SWR
ARTE
RAI
The Eyes of Dante (Gli Occhi di Dante)
Overview
He is considered the greatest European poet of the Middle Ages and his work unfolds the whole panopticon of occidental education – theology, philosophy, sciences, politics and literature. But who has really read it, the “Divine Comedy”? Who knows more of its creator Dante Alighieri than that he had an eagle-like profile and was in love with a woman named Beatrice? 700 years after Dante’s death, the filmmaker Adolfo Conti travels through Italy with Dante’s words in mind and eyes to see the world as Dante did. As the film encounters the beauty of arts and the Tuscan landscape, the forces of nature, a dramatic life story is unfolded.
Key Crew
Director: Adolfo Conti
Writer: Adolfo Conti
Producer: Amalia Carandini, Adolfo Conti, Elmar Bartlmae
Top Cast
Alberto Baraghini
Dante Alighieri
Angelo Gallamini
Dante Alighieri (older)
Monica Piseddu
Narrator
Camilla Baldi
Self
