The Fiance (Miniseries)

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Movie
German title The engaged
Original title I promessi sposi
Country of production Italy , Germany , Yugoslavia
original language Italian
Publishing year 1989
length 450 minutes
Rod
Director Salvatore Nocita
script Roberta Mazzoni
Enrico Medioli
Pier Emilio Gennarini
Salvatore Nocita
production Zoran Otasevic
music Ennio Morricone
camera Živko Zalar
occupation

The engaged (original title: I promessi sposi ) is an Italian film produced for television by the director Salvatore Nocita from 1989 . In the original it has five parts and was produced by the Italian television company RAI . The plot is based on the novel The Fiancee by the Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni .

action

In Italy in the 17th century in the area of Lake Como, the silk moth Renzo and the farmer's daughter Lucia to marry. But the pastor refuses to marry them, because the liege lord Don Rodrigo has his eyes on the beautiful Lucia.

background

  • The production cost 20 billion Italian lira .
  • 248 actors and 10,000 extras took part in the production.
  • A total of 2,000 costumes were made.

German charisma

The series was first shown in Germany on ARD between April and June 1992. However, it was not broadcast in five parts, as in the original, but in eight parts according to the program. When it was repeated in BR 1996, four episodes, each 90 minutes long, were broadcast.

The following titles carried the consequences in Germany:

  • 1. Renzo and Lucia
  • 2. Don Rodrigo / The Conspiracy
  • 3. The bread dispute / Separate paths
  • 4. The nun of Monza / The Landsknechte and the plague
  • 5. The nameless one
  • 6. The cardinal
  • 7. The mercenaries and the plague
  • 8. Providence

Web links

Commons : I promessi sposi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Episode guide at Fernsehserien.de (accessed June 29, 2017)