Elisa (telenovela)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Elisa |
| Original title | Elisa di Rivombrosa |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Year (s) | 2003-2005 |
| length | 50 minutes |
| Episodes | 52 episodes in 2 seasons |
| genre | Telenovela |
| idea | based on the novel Pamela by Samuel Richardson |
| production | TPI (Together Production International) / De Angelis and Victory Media Group |
| music | Savio Riccardi |
| First broadcast | Season 1: December 17, 2003 to February 23, 2004, Season 2: September 28, 2005 to December 1, 2005, Season 3: from November 4, 2007 on Canale 5 |
| occupation | |
Elisa ( Elisa di Rivombrosa ) is an Italian telenovela that was broadcast by NDR in 2008 . Elisa was made into a film in Italy under the direction of Cinzia TH Torrini. After the great success of the first season (26 episodes) in 2003, a second season (another 26 episodes) was broadcast in 2005. In 2007, a 3rd season or an "offshoot" with the title La Figlia di Elisa - Ritorno a Rivombrosa (translated: The daughter of Elisa - return to Rivombrosa ) was broadcast in Italy.
action
Elisa von Rivombrosa is set in the Turin area (Piedmont) in the second half of the 18th century - during the Enlightenment . The center of the action is the Rivombrosa estate and the nobility of Turin.
The main character Elisa Scalzi ( Vittoria Puccini ) is a young woman from a poor family who becomes the companion of the old Contessa (Countess) Agnese Ristori, the mother of Conte (Count) Fabrizio ( Alessandro Preziosi ). Elisa and Fabrizio soon fall in love. But the class differences seem insurmountable. The servants watch love with envy, the members of the noble society reject Elisha. The action takes place against the backdrop of a plot by the nobility against the king. At the end of the first season, Elisa and Fabrizio get married. After Fabrizio's death, the second season is about how Elisa, who was ennobled by the king as a contessa, tries to free the Rivombrosa estate from high debts.
background
This costume series is inspired by the classic English novel Pamela by Samuel Richardson and relocated to Piedmont in the 18th century. The series was filmed in the castles of Piedmont and received awards for hundreds of handmade costumes.
Rivombrosa is the summer palace of Agliè . The name Rivombrosa comes from Riv'umbrusa (lato ombreggiato = shady side).
Production and direction
The series was produced by Together Productions / De Angelis and the German Victory Media Group. It started on Canale 5 with 6.5 million viewers and increased in two and a half months to more than double the number of viewers. This makes it seventh among the most successful Mediaset productions of the last six years.
The director Cinzia TH Torrini studied at the University of Film and Television in Munich. By Elisa has led the director of the first season and the first 12 episodes of the second season. Stefano Alleva then took over directing the rest of the second season and directing the entire third season.
Broadcasts and awards
The first season of the 18 million euro production (consisting of 26 episodes of 50 minutes each) had more than fourteen million viewers and a market share of 56.4 percent when it was first broadcast in Italy. The Italian-German co-production was awarded the " Il Telegatto " television prize in four categories. She received the award for the best series and the best program of the year, and the main actors Vittoria Puccini and Alessandro Preziosi were honored as best actors.
The series has since been sold in many countries and ran in France, Bulgaria, Turkey, Spain, Finland, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Canada.
In Austria, Elisa was broadcast on ORF 2 in September / October 2006. In Germany, the NDR broadcast the series from February 5 to May 13, 2008, as well as the ARD and Einsfestival in spring 2011.
occupation
The main actress is the Italian actress Vittoria Puccini (Elisa), who met German viewers as Mary Vetsera in the ORF history two-part series Crown Prince Rudolf's Last Love . Among the other main actors is the South Tyrolean Kaspar Capparoni , who can be seen on TV as Commissioner Rex .
The main actors Vittoria Puccini and Alessandro Preziosi met while filming the series and then got engaged. They have a daughter who was born in 2006 on "Rivombrosa".
Publications on the series
- Seasons 1, 2 and 3 were released in Italy on DVD (language: Italian only).
- Elisa Season 1 was released in Germany - as “Elisa di Rivombrosa” on DVD on August 20, 2010 (languages: German / Italian). The entire season 2 was released on DVD on June 10, 2011. Both seasons were released as a box set (8 DVDs for Season 1, 10 DVDs for Season 2) in the "TV Jewels" series. They should contain current, German interviews with Vittoria Puccini, Alessandro Preziosi and the director Cinzia TH Torrini.
- Two soundtracks for the series have been released on CD.
- In Germany, two books on the series by Luisa Santini and Carina Martinez have been published by vgs Verlag.
La Figlia di Elisa - Ritorno a Rivombrosa
The sequel takes place 20 years later. The protagonist is Agnese, Elisa's daughter, played by Sarah Felberbaum . Agnese falls in love with Lucrezia's son Andrea van Necker (Giulio Berruti), who is feared as a bandit. Also there again Martino Ristori (Paolo Seganti) and Emilia (Valentina Pace), who fall in love. The viewer also meets the Marchesa Lucrezia Van Necker Beauville (Jane Alexander) again. The sequel is loosely based on the work of Alexandre Dumas the Elder from 1856 Les Compagnons de Jéhu .
Web links
- Official website of Elisa di Rivombrosa (Italian)
- IMDb page of the Elisa di Rivombrosa series
- Website of the director Cinzia TH Torrini (Italian and German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elisa at imdb.com
- ↑ Elisa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at german.imdb.com
