International solidarity: in the U.S.

International solidarity: in the U.S.

Born in Boston in 1914, Frederick Hartt was an Italian Renaissance scholar. During World War II was an officer in the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program of the US Army, and from 1944 was particularly active in the reconstruction of Florence. He also organized...
The Mayor of Florence on the documentary

The Mayor of Florence on the documentary

24 november 1966 Dear Ziffirilli, maybe only in our Bargellini family you are still called like this, in memory of the times when you studied Architecture and a southern professor used to mistake your name. In those days, according to my nephew and your pal Enrico...
La stampa italiana sul documentario

La stampa italiana sul documentario

Originariamente si era pensato che il documentario Per Firenze avrebbe avuto una diffusione unicamente all’estero. Invece il 23 novembre, quasi senza preavviso, va in onda sulla RAI. Tra gli altri quotidiani lo recensiscono il romano “Paese sera” e il fiorentino...
La stampa italiana sul documentario

The italian press of the documentary

Although originally intended to be distributed only abroad, the documentary Per Firenze is first broadcasted in Italy by the national television corporation on 23 November. Headlines of the reviews on Rome’s newspaper “Paese Sera” and Florence’s “La...
Il documentario Per Firenze

Il documentario Per Firenze

Zeffirelli e Richard Burton si preparano a registrare il commento per il documentario Per Firenze. Quando l’attore gallese, che aveva appena interpretato il film La bisbetica domata diretto da Zeffirelli, chiede di poter fare qualcosa per aiutare Firenze,...