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36 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Beautiful Bergman, good acting, odd film. adrianovasconcelos 8 August 2019. EUROPA 51 is an odd film. Irene (Bergman) is the wife and mother in a rich family, in affluent surroundings.
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Ingrid Bergman plays a wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite racked by guilt over the shocking death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about ...
The second film in Criterion’s box set release 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman, Europe ‘51is presented on a dual-layer disc in its original aspect ratio of about 1.37:1 in a new high-definition 1080p/24hz transfer. Like Stromboli Europe ‘51’s presentation is limited by the source materials. The digital transfer itself is stron...
Each version gets a lossless linear PCM 1.0 mono track and neither is particularly special but both get the job done. Audio is fairly clear, despite an obvious edge to both, and damage sounds to have been cleaned up. In both cases they show their age but they’re clear enough.
Part of a larger 4-disc set, Europe ‘51 comes with a few supplements, and like the supplements found on the disc for Stromboli they focus primarily on Europe ‘51. And again like the disc featuring Stromboli we get two versions of the film: the English-language version and the Italian-language version, Europa ‘51. Though Rossellini, as I understand ...
The set as a whole is rather substantial but Criterion’s disc for Europe ‘51is decent on its own with its own informative features and a strong enough digital transfer. BUY AT:
Europe '51 1952 1h 50m Drama List Reviews 76% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A society woman (Ingrid Bergman) helps the poor in postwar Rome and goes mad.
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Europe ’51. Ingrid Bergman plays a wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite racked by guilt over the shocking death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick.
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Europe '51 (Italian: Europa '51), also known as The Greatest Love, is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman and Alexander Knox. The film follows an industrialist's wife who, after the death of her young son, turns towards a rigorous humanitarianism.
Europe '51: Directed by Roberto Rossellini. With Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina. A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.
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Sep 25, 2013 · In Europe ’51, Rossellini’s key stance—a statement we truly need to hear today—is against the self-centered vanities of our complacent consumerist lives. Irene (Bergman), a wealthy housewife in Rome, is wrapped up in social engagements with her businessman husband, George (Alexander Knox), and neglects her young son Michel’s cries for ...
