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ARTS & CULTURE
Leonardo was an extraordinary
artist and inventor. But resear-
chers have discovered, in an-
cient manuscripts, drawings
and treatises that prefigure
many of his inventions. Coin-
cidence or plagiarism? Or was
Leonardo a savior of long lost
information? This is the story
of the making of a scientist who
sought out scientific knowledge
lost to Europe in the Dark Ages
and helped launch a new scien-
tific age.
GENRE
: Science, History, Docudrama
LENGTH
: 52’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: HD
AUTHOR(S):
Mark Daniels
DIRECTOR(S)
: Mark Daniels
PRODUCTION
: GA&A Productions
in coproduction with THIRTEEN
Productions LLC for WNET, France 5/
Programme 33 and SBS Australia
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2017
VERSION(S)
: Italian, English, German,
French, Russian, Polish
LEONARDO, THE MAN WHO SAVED SCIENCE
500 YEARS ANNIVERSARY
This is the story of the biggest jet-
set love scandal of all times, starring
Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman,
Anna Magnani and the primitive natu-
re of the Aeolian Islands. The islands
are at the same time the set for the
movie “Vulcano” with Anna Magnani,
who has just been abandoned by DI-
RECTOR(S) Roberto Rossellini, and for
the movie “Stromboli, Terra di Dio”
that will lead to the artistic and love
relationship between Ingrid Bergman
and Rossellini. “The War of the Volca-
noes” is a story of wrath, suffering and
love and at the same time the story of
Stromboli a God-forgotten land, that,
for the time of the filming, becomes
the center of the world.
GENRE:
Archives, History,
Arts&Culture
LENGTH:
52’
ASPECT RATIO:
16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT:
HD
AUTHOR(S):
Chiara Laudani,
Francesco Patierno
DIRECTOR(S):
Francesco Patierno
PRODUCTION:
Todos Contentos y yo
Tambien, in collaboration with RAI
Cinema and Cinecittà-Luce
PRODUCTION YEAR:
2012
VERSION(S):
English, French, Italian
FESTIVALS&AWARDS:
Venice Film
Festival 2012, Toronto Film Festival
2012; BFI – London Film Festival
2012; Festival International de Cine
de Guagalajara 2015; FIPA Festival
International du Film sur l’Art 2014.
BERGMAN & MAGNANI – THE WAR OF VOLCANOES
