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CBS NEWS SPECIAL: THE ITALIANS (TV)
Summary
A documentary freely adapted from Luigi Barzini's book "The Italians." Barzini presides over a selective tour of Italy, discussing the Italian people, their culture, customs, and history. Barzini looks at the following aspects and examples of Italian life: a dowry parade and wedding; the ritual of Italians taking walks; Italian opera; how Italians use their hands to speak ; Mussolini's effect on Italians; the Courtship habits of Italian males; Sicily and its Mafia involvement; the Catholic Church and the Communist Party in Italy; the pleasures of people watching in Rome; and the effects of industrialization. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: January 17, 1967 Tuesday 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:51:35
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T78:0540
- GENRE: Public Affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Weddings; Italy - Social Life and Customs; Catholic Church; Italy - Religious Life and Customs; Organized Crime - Italy; Sicily, Italy; Crime and Criminals - Italy; Operas - Excerpts; Communist Party - Italy; Rome - Social Life and Customs; Courtship - Italy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1967
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Perry Wolff … Executive Producer, Writer
- Bernard Birnbaum … Producer
- Luigi Barzini … Adapted by, Based on the book by, Host
- Benito Mussolini