1900 (film)

1900
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Directed by	Bernardo Bertolucci
Produced by	Alberto Grimaldi
Screenplay by	Franco Arcalli Giuseppe Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring	Robert De Niro Gérard Depardieu Dominique Sanda Francesca Bertini Laura Betti Werner Bruhns Stefania Casini Sterling Hayden Anna Henkel Ellen Schwiers Alida Valli Romolo Valli Stefania Sandrelli Donald Sutherland Burt Lancaster
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Vittorio Storaro
Edited by	Franco Arcalli
Production company	Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) Les Productions Artistes Associés Artemis Film
Distributed by	20th Century Fox Italia (Italy) Action Gitanes (France) United Artists (West Germany) Paramount Pictures (United States)
Release date	21 May 1976 (1976-05-21) (Cannes) 28 August 1976 (1976-08-28) (Venice) 3 September 1976 (1976-09-03) (Part 1) 24 September 1976 (1976-09-24) (Part 2)
Running time	317 minutes 162 minutes (Part 1) 154 minutes (Part 2) 247 minutes(Edited version)
Country	Italy France West Germany
Language	Italian French German English
Budget	$9 million

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1900 (Italian: Novecento, "Twentieth Century") is a 1976 Italian epic historical drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Sterling Hayden, Alida Valli, Romolo Valli, Stefania Sandrelli, Donald Sutherland, and Burt Lancaster. Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film is a praise of communism and chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half of the 20th century. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition.

Due to the film's length, 1900 was presented in two parts when originally released in many countries, including Italy, East and West Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and Colombia. Other countries, such as the United States, released an edited version of the film.

Born on the day of the death of renowned composer Giuseppe Verdi—27 January 1901—Alfredo Berlinghieri and Olmo Dalcò come from opposite ends of the social spectrum. Alfredo is from a family of landowners led by his populist grandfather (also called Alfredo), while Olmo is an illegitimate peasant. Olmo's grandfather, Leo, is the foreman and peasants' strong man who verbally and spiritually carries out a duel of wits with the elder Alfredo. As Alfredo is somewhat rebellious and despises the falseness of his family, in particular his weak but abusive and cynical father Giovanni, he befriends Olmo, who was raised as a socialist.