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The Secret of the Old Woods (Italian: Il segreto del bosco vecchio) is a 1993 Italian fantastic drama film written, directed and starred by Ermanno Olmi. It is based on the novel with the same name by Dino Buzzati. For his performance Paolo Villaggio won the Nastro d'Argento for best actor.
The Secret of the Old Woods: Directed by Ermanno Olmi. With Paolo Villaggio, Giulio Brogi, Riccardo Zannantonio, Lino Pais Marden. It tells the story of a general who is about to cut down an old forest for the sake of financial gain, but discovers that the forest is inhabited by invisible spirits.
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- Family, Fantasy
- Ermanno Olmi
Il segreto del Bosco Vecchio ("the secret of the Old Woods") is a 1935 novel by the Italian writer Dino Buzzati. It tells the story of a general who is about to cut down an old forest for the sake of financial gain, but discovers that the forest is inhabited by invisible spirits.
- Dino Buzzati
- 1935
A retired colonel (Paolo Villaggio) releases spirits after cutting down several trees to turn a profit.
- Fantasy
- Paolo Villaggio
- Ermanno Olmi
Following the death of his uncle, a bull-headed army colonel (beloved Italian character actor Paolo Villaggio) inherits a storybook mountain estate with the stipulation that he preserve, at all costs, the ancient woodlands adjoining it.
- Ermanno Olmi
- Penta Film, Aura Film
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It tells the story of a general who is about to cut down an old forest for the sake of financial gain, but discovers that the forest is inhabited by invisible spirits.
