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Across 27 eventful chapters, Charterhouse of Parma traces the life of one of the most memorable literary heroes of the 19th-century and beyond: the fiery yet self-possessed Italian nobleman, Fabrizio Valserra del Dongo. Fabrizio is by turns a revolutionary spirit seeking freedom, a womanizing libertine untouched by love, a student of theology enthralled with omens and absolutism, a roguish ...
Synopsis. Fabrice del Dongo, a young archbishop, gives his all to romance rather than to the Church, creating complications for everyone around. The Countess of San Severina, is but one of the women who love him a la folie, spurring jealous retribution in high places from those who in turn want her. From his prison window, Fabrice falls in love ...
The Charterhouse of Parma, an adaptation for television of the famous novel by Stendhal, is an history of characters dominated by strong passions which move with courage and unscrupulousness in the political context of the the Restoration. This context turned off every libertarian illusion born in Italy with Napoleon Bonaparte.
This adaptation of Stendhal's timeless masterpiece of French literature tells the tale of Fabrice Del Dongo (Grard Philipe) a young archibishop who gives his heart and soul to romance rather than to the Church creating upheaval in the lives of evergone around him the Countess of Sanseverine (Maria Casares) is but one of the may women who love him. In turn she incurs jealous retributions from ...
Charterhouse of Parma. 1948. 2 hr 50 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Gerard Philipe stars as young cleric in early-19th-century Italy, who falls in love and decides to break his vows. An epic ...
The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme, Italian: La Certosa di Parma) is a 1948 French-Italian drama film based on the novel of the same name by Stendhal. It entered the competition at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival, being awarded for best cinematography.
This adaptation of Stendhal's timeless masterpiece of French literature tells the tale of Fabrice Del Dongo (Grard Philipe) a young archibishop who gives his heart and soul to romance rather than to the Church creating upheaval in the lives of evergone around him the Countess of Sanseverine (Maria Casares) is but one of the may women who love ...
