Socrate

Name: Socrate
Released: 1970

Roberto Rossellini

Italian Neorealism

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Synopsis

A half-hour Cartrivision program featuring two studio performances by Orson Welles on the figures of Socrates and Noah, produced for Sears’ home-video distribution.

Year1970

CountryItaly

DirectorRoberto Rossellini

MovementItalian Neorealism

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Rossellini, in the last 15 years of his life, made some of the most beautiful and revolutionary films ever. You have films like The Messiah, Blaise Pascal, Socrates, The Age of the Medici, Louis XIV... it's like a complete rethinking of cinema, and a rethinking of history.