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The War of the Volcanoes (2012)
- NR
- 09/02/2012 (IT)
- Documentary
- 52m
Overview
In 1948, a fan letter arrived for director Roberto Rossellini from Ingrid Bergman, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars; after a meeting in New York, Rossellini invited Bergman to Italy to work on a project. Meanwhile, Anna Magnani, one of Italy’s biggest stars and Rossellini’s longtime lover, was furious. When the Rossellini/Bergman project was announced as a tale set on Stromboli, one of the volcanic Aeolian Islands, Magnani quickly set up her own Aeolian project, financed by Hollywood, to be called Volcano. Italy’s tabloids simply went wild: the prospect of these two great divas battling it out with rival productions was breathlessly followed, especially as it became clear that the Rossellini/Bergman relationship was more than professional. Francesco Patierno has created an engrossing, revealing and highly entertaining chronicle of this cinematic battle royal.
Francesco Patierno
DirectorCast
![Ingrid Bergman's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/9LdhzK5CVkLZjRdQ08V9C0Oiu9I.jpg)
Ingrid Bergman
Self (archive footage)![Roberto Rossellini's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/dEfCuU0CoIqhgoEDtHZpIoNWNVj.jpg)
Roberto Rossellini
Self (archive footage)![Anna Magnani's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ygpE4VtT0TtrF2mfceJBT8u2Nhh.jpg)