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Piccolo mondo antico: Directed by Mario Soldati. With Alida Valli, Massimo Serato, Ada Dondini, Annibale Betrone. A woman of humble origins who marries a nobleman in the mid-19th century. Unfortunately, the unstoppable force of their love hits an immovable object: his grandmother.
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- Drama
- Mario Soldati
- 1941-04-10
6 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 19th Century Lombardy. ItalianGerry 4 December 2002. PICCOLO MONDO ANTICO (LITTLE OLD-FASHIONED WORLD), based on Antonio Fogazzaro's esteemed 1895 novel of the same title, is set in 19th Century Lombardy, then under Austrian domination.
Review by Alberto Farina ★★★ Italian patriot is disinherited by rich, Austrian-friendly grandmother when he gets married against her will. Extremely successful film adaptation of Fogazzaro's novel, a film that almost single-handedly released Valli from comedies by revealing her dramatic talent.
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Piccolo mondo antico (literally: Little Ancient World), known in English as Old-Fashioned World , is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and based on the 1895 novel by Antonio Fogazzaro. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style.
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Original title: Piccolo mondo antico. Synopsis: Franco, a young man of noble descent, decides to marry Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will. But a terrible tragedy upsets the life of the newly married couple: their ...You can watch Old-Fashioned World through on the platforms:
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A trite Fascist confection of a movie for one hour, made in the style castigated by Giuseppe De Sanctis as "calligraphism," and then briefly a textured, serious thing as the camera bobs along with Franco's dinghy while he's paddled away from Luisa (Alida Valli), and the ocean commands a series
