Directed by Franco Zeffirelli Production
company RAI Running time 50 minutes Initial release 23 November 1966 (Italy) Screenplay Furio Colombo Production company RAI | Narrated by Richard Burton Release date 1966 (1966) Country Italy Director Franco Zeffirelli Music director Roman Vlad Cast Richard Burton | |
Similar La Traviata, Otello, Cavalleria rusticana, Callas Forever, Young Toscanini | ||
Florence: Days of Destruction (Italian: Per Firenze) is a 1966 documentary about the 1966 Flood of the Arno River and its catastrophic effect on the city of Florence. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, it is Zeffirelli's only documentary, and features the only known film footage of the flood. The film is 50 minutes long, and was produced by RAI. Released less than a month after the disaster, the film reputedly raised more than $20 million for the reconstruction efforts.
The film was narrated in English and Italian by actor Richard Burton, who had been making The Taming of the Shrew with Zeffirelli at the time.
Variety described the film as a "magnificent, frightening document".
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