The Eyes of Dante (2021)
Overview
He is considered the greatest European poet of the Middle Ages and his work unfolds the whole panopticon of occidental education – theology, philosophy, sciences, politics and literature. But who has really read it, the “Divine Comedy”? Who knows more of its creator Dante Alighieri than that he had an eagle-like profile and was in love with a woman named Beatrice? 700 years after Dante’s death, the filmmaker Adolfo Conti travels through Italy with Dante’s words in mind and eyes to see the world as Dante did. As the film encounters the beauty of arts and the Tuscan landscape, the forces of nature, a dramatic life story is unfolded.
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| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 1.267 |
Directed By
Adolfo Conti
Crew
Adolfo Conti
Antonio Costagliola di Fiore
Pasquale Catalano
Adolfo Conti
Stefano Petti
Eugenio Persico
Amalia Carandini
Iris Tercon
Marco Santagata
Eugenio Persico
Iris Tercon
Eugenio Persico
Andrea Pondini
Adolfo Conti
Marvin Baumgartner
Ilaria Sbarigia
Adolfo Conti
Elmar Bartlmae
Alberto Casadei
Vania Arcangeli
Adolfo Tura
Marco Collareta
TOP CAST
Alberto Baraghini
Dante Alighieri
Angelo Gallamini
Dante Alighieri (older)
Monica Piseddu
Narrator
Camilla Baldi
Self
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