Seduced and Abandoned [Special Edition] [Criterion Collection]

Director: Pietro Germi

Overview

"Pietro Germi's farcical satire of one family's struggle to cover the tracks of unwed motherhood comes to North American DVD with this superb release from the Criterion Collection. Seduced and Abandoned (aka Sedotta e Abbandonata) has been given a widescr

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2006
UPC:	0715515019026
Original Release:	1964
Source:	CRITERION
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:57:00
Sales rank:	20,076

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Commedia all'italiana: germi style, a video piece featuring new interviews with screenwriters Furio Scarpelli and Luciano Vincenzoni and Italian film scholar Mario Sesti; Interviews with actors Stefania Sandrelli and Lando Buzzanca; Stefania Sandrelli screen test; Theatrical trailer; New and improved English subtitle translation; Plus: a new essay by film scholar Irene Bignardi

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Stefania Sandrelli	Agnese Ascalone
Aldo Puglisi	Peppino Califano
Saro Urzi	Vincenzo Ascalone,Consolata the Maid
Lando Buzzanca	Antonio Ascalone
Leopoldo Trieste	Baron Rizieri
Rocco D'Assunta	Orlando Califano
Lola Braccini	Amalia Califano
Paola Biggio	Matilde Ascalone
Umberto Spadaro	Cousin Ascalone,Aunt Carmela
Oreste Palella	Police Chief Potenza
Lina La Galla	Francesca Ascalone
Roberta Narbonne	Rosaura Ascalone
Adelino Campardo	Bisigato
Vincenzo Licata	Profumo the Undertaker
Gustavo D'Arpe	Ciarpetta the Lawyer
Salvatore Fazio	Father Mariano
Bruno Scipioni	Actor
Attilio Martella	The Magistrate

Technical Credits

Franco Cristaldi

Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Seduced and Abandoned
1. Logos/Opening Credits [1:56]
2. Seduced [4:42]
3. Ascalone Family Dinner [6:42]
4. Three Thousand Loads to Shoot [4:14]
5. Nice and Fat [7:15]
6. + or - [4:59]
7. Marry Her...or Else [2:40]
8. The Baron [8:46]
9. "I Won't Marry That Whore" [6:02]
10. Vincenzo's Plan [5:29]
11. Antonio Will Do It [4:34]
12. Agnese Escapes [5:58]
13. Attempted Murder [3:22]
14. Virgin or Whore? [11:05]
15. Keeping up Appearance [9:12]
16. Peppino's Serenade [5:23]
17. Kidnapping [7:40]
18. "Now Kiss My Hand" [3:36]
19. Agnese Revolts [3:14]
20. The Town Talks [2:00]
21. The Bells Toll [3:03]
23. Honor and Family [6:06]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Seduced and Abandoned
Play the Movie
Chapters
Color Bars
Commedia All'Italiania: Germi Style
Stefania Sandrelli
Play
Screen Test
Lando Buzzanca
Trailer
Subtitles
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