Research Catalog

Title

Vajont 9 ottobre 1963, orazione civile / Rai Due e Moby Dick-Teatri della Riviera presentano ; adattamento televisivo di Felice Cappa e Gabriele Vacis ; produttore RAI, Pietro Ruspoli ; regia televisiva di Antonio A. Moretti.

Publication

[Roma?] : Rai Trade/Medialia, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Cappa, Felice.
• Vacis, Gabriele
• Ruspoli, Pietro.
• Moretti, Antonio A.
• Paolini, Marco.
• Guccini, Gerardo.
• Ghiglione, Alessandra, 1966-
• Moby Dick-Teatri della Riviera.
• Rai due (Television station : Italy)
• Rai Trade (Firm)
• Medialia.

Description

1 videodisc (approximately 157 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This film presents the theatrical monologue of Marco Paolini. It was broadcasted live by Rai 2, on October 9, 1997 and won the Oscar television Prize for best show of 1997. "On October 9, 1963, some 50 million cubic meters of water was displaced over the top of the Vajont dam by a massive landslide. This wall of water washed away five towns and killed 2,000 people. Originally considered a natural disaster, subsequent investigations have shown that the risks of such a landslide were known to the operators of the dam prior to the event, and that they consciously chose to ignore the warning signs. [the monologue] focuses on the human elements: the corporate greed of the builders, the incompetence of the government oversight, and the innocent victims of the tragedy. It is a tribute to those who died, and a reminder to remain vigilant against repetitions"--Amazon.ca Website.

Alternative Title

• Vajont 9 ottobre '63
• Racconto del Vajont, 1956-9 ottobre 1963
• Vajont 1956/9-10-1963

Subject

• Paolini, Marco > Film adaptations
• Vacis, Gabriele > Film adaptations
• Paolini, Marco
• Vacis, Gabriele
• Floods > Vajont River
• Monologues, Italian > Film adaptations
• Documentary films
• Floods
• Monologues, Italian
• Vajont River Valley (Italy) > History
• Italy > Vajont River
• Italy > Vajont River Valley

Genre/Form

• DVD-Video discs.
• Film adaptations
• History

Note

• Recording of the live television broadcasting, 1997.
• The text of this civil oration is composed by Marco Paolini and Gabriele Vacis with the collaboration of Gerardo Guccini and Alessandra Ghiglione.

Credits (note)

• Director, Marco Paolini.

Performer (note)

• Marco Paolini, Gabriele Vacis.

Language (note)

• In Italian.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

LCCN

8033309014401

OCLC

276368535

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library