Rocco and His Brothers

Zavvi - The Home of Pop CultureEureka Entertainment to release Luchino Visconti's ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, the melodramatic 1960masterpiece with an extraordinary cast, on Blu-ray for the first time in the world on 14 March 2016From Luchino Visconti – the master director of such classics as La terra trema, Bellissima, and The Leopard – comes this epic study of family, sex, and betrayal. Alongside Fellini's La dolce vita and Antonioni's L'avventura, Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers ushered Italian cinema into a new era, one unafraid to confront head-on the hypocrisies of the ruling class, the squalor in urban living, and the collision between generations.When a tight-knit family moves from Italy's rural south to metropolitan Milan, the new possibilities - and threats -present in their fresh surroundings have alarming, unforeseen consequences. Operatically weaving the five brothers' stories across a vast canvas, with an extraordinary cast including Alain Delon, Annie Girardot and Claudia Cardinale, Rocco and His Brothers stands as one of the most majestic and influential works of its era.The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present one of Visconti's most revered films for the first time in the worldon Blu-ray.Special Features:Gorgeous high-definition 1080p presentation from a new 4k restorationOptional English subtitlesTwo audio choices; the original Italian, and the French dubLes coulisses du tournage, a 2003 French documentary about the filmA 1999 interview with Visconti's cinematographer Giuseppe RotunnoAn interview with actress Claudia Cardinale A 2002 interview with actress Annie GirardotLuchino Visconti, an hour-long documentary about the life and work of ViscontiTwo vintage newsreelsOriginal Italian trailerPLUS: A 40-PAGE BOOKLET featuring writing by Guido Aristarco, an essay written by the director in 1960, a vintage interview with Visconti and rare archival imagery.Click Images to Enlarge