Ida is a schoolteacher who is haunted by her concealed Jewish
origins. A widow, she lives with her 15-year-old son Nino.
In 1941, she was raped by a German soldier and consequently gave birth
to another child, Useppe. This was just the beginning of a series
of terrible incidents which ended six years later with the death of
Nino and Useppe...
Cast:Claudia Cardinale (Ida Ramundo),
Francisco Rabal (Remo),
Lambert Wilson (Carlo Vivaldi),
Andrea Spada (Useppe),
Antonio Degli Schiavi (Mino),
Fiorenzo Fiorentini (Cucchiarelli),
Tobias Hoesl (Günther),
Caroline Lang (Anita),
Anna Recchimuzzi (Mercedes),
Maria Teresa Albani (Vilma),
Silvana De Santis (Santina),
Ester Carloni,
Amelia Del Frate,
Raffaele Di Mario,
Leila Durante,
Maria Raffaella Faggiano,
Mario Ferrara,
Susy Lover,
Norma Martelli,
Victor Poletti
Country: Italy / France / West Germany / Spain
Language: Italian
Support: Color
Runtime: 150 min
Aka:History
The best French Films of the 1920s
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.