Il cielo cade (2000)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Andrea Frazzi
Antonio Frazzi

Writers:

Lorenza Mazzetti (novel)
Suso Cecchi d'Amico (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 May 2000 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

1943, an estate north of Firenze. The weight of the world is on the shoulders of Penny, who's about 10...

Plot Keywords:

Tuscany | Family Relationships | WWII | Italy | Nazi

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Isabella Rossellini	...	Katchen
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Wilhelm
Barbara Enrichi	...	Rosa
Gianna Giachetti	...	Elsa
Luciano Virgilio	...	Arthur
Azzurra Antonacci	...	Maria
Bruno Vetti	...	Il parroco
Selene Maltauro
Mauro Marino	...	Cosimo
Bettina Giovannini	...	Signora Pinzauti
Veronica Niccolai	...	Penny
Lara Campoli	...	Baby
Yelena Safonova	...	Maja (as Elena Sofonova)
Paul Brooke	...	Mr. Pitt
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cosimo Bani
Renzo Cantini
Daniel Drigot	...	German Soldier
Umberto Fantani
Daniela Fontani
Adelaide Foti
Francesco Gabbrielli
Alexander Guembel	...	German Officer
Helmut Hagen
Fabrizio Jovine
Ulf Dieter Kusdas
Fernando Maraghini
Riccardo Naldini
Pierluigi Naldi
Andrea Nannelli
Ralph Palka
Stefano Pecchioli
Francesca Prearo
Massimo Salvianti
Richard Sammel
Massimo Sangermano
Lucia Socci

Directed by
Andrea Frazzi
Antonio Frazzi

Writing credits
Lorenza Mazzetti		(novel)
Suso Cecchi d'Amico		(screenplay)

Produced by
Carlo Cucchi	....	producer (as Carlo M. Cucchi)
Laura Mazza	....	line producer
Vittorio Noia	....	producer

Original Music by
Luis Enríquez Bacalov		(as Luis Bacalov)

Cinematography by
Franco Di Giacomo

Film Editing by
Amedeo Salfa

Production Design by
Mario Garbuglia

Costume Design by
Carlo Diappi

Makeup Department
Beatrice Di Iorio	....	makeup artist
Massimiliano Duranti	....	hair stylist
Giorgio Gregorini	....	hair stylist
Giorgio Gregorini	....	key hair stylist
Mario Scutti	....	makeup artist
Marcella Taroni	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Vincenzo Carbone	....	production supervisor
Anna Vittoria Guarnati	....	production supervisor
Domenico Maselli	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simonetta Bortolozzi	....	assistant director
Tommaso Bozzolini	....	assistant director
Paolo Giacomo Marino	....	assistant director
Amour Rawyler	....	assistant director

Art Department
Letizia Bianchi	....	painter
Marco Cellesi	....	construction manager
Livia Cortesi	....	painter
Stefano Fallai	....	painter
Roberto Spina	....	property master
Franco Daniele Venturi	....	head painter

Sound Department
Gramigna Andrea	....	sound effects editor
Damiano Antinori	....	sound assistant
Fernando Caso	....	sound effects editor
Aldo Ciorba	....	foley artist
Alberto Doni	....	sound mixer
Alessandro Doni	....	dialogue editor
Piero Fondi	....	boom operator
Alvaro Gramigna	....	foley artist
Caso Ivan	....	sound effects editor
Riccardo Palmieri	....	sound
Marco Streccioni	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Fabio Ungher	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Corrado Rizzo	....	visual effects supervisor
Gian Luca Rizzo	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Lubomir Misak	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Eraldo Barbona	....	key grip
Simone Barbona	....	grip
Maurizio Basile	....	electrician
Daniele Botteselle	....	gaffer
Stefano Coletta	....	assistant camera
Andrea Fastella	....	assistant camera
Claudio Gallicchio	....	electrician
Valerio Garzia	....	gaffer
Massimiliano Lanciotti	....	grip
Romano Martiri	....	electrician
Alessandro Russo	....	grip
Giorgio Toso	....	assistant camera
Simone Zampagni	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Angela Anzimani	....	wardrobe
Carmela Linda Carbone	....	wardrobe
Paolo Dell'Oca	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Francesco Beluccini	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Luis Enríquez Bacalov	....	conductor (as Luis Bacalov)

Other crew
Alessio Angelucci	....	production secretary
Massimiliano Argiró	....	assistant production secretary
Franca Invernizzi	....	script supervisor
Osvaldo Menegaz	....	administrator
Fabio Mori	....	assistant production secretary
Jenny Salas	....	production accountant
Enrico Savelloni	....	administrator
Fabrizio Corallo	....	press and publicity (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Istituto Luce
• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) (support)
• Parus Film
• Radiotelevisione Italiana (in participation with)
• Viva Cinematografica S.r.l.

Distributors

• Alcine Terran (Japan) (theatrical)
• Istituto Luce
• Primer Plano Film Group (Argentina)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Cine Audio Effects  sound effects and foley design

Also Known As:

The Sky Is Falling (USA) (DVD title)
The Sky Will Fall (International: English title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian | German

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (cable rating) | Peru:14

Filming Locations:

Bivigliano, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Company:

Istituto Luce

Trivia:

Jeroen Krabbé's name is misspelled "Jeroun" in the opening credits (which pronounced in Italian probably sounds more like the way his name should be pronounced).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Wilhelm is playing chess with the general, he performs a mate in 3 beginning with a rook sacrifice. However, on the last move he is seen to move his knight to the wrong square, giving only check instead of checkmate. There is a continuity error here, as in the next shot we see the knight on the correct square, delivering mate.

You will laugh and cry.

Just discovered this, thanks to the glut of free DVDs being given away by the British press. At least 'The Independent' has taken some care with its selections and this film, I think, has been the best of all. It is an enchanting but then, tragic story which portrays some of the best and worst of human traits. The best is in the love, stoicism and courage of the family - the worst, not in the Germans per se but rather in the Nazis. A beautifully crafted film with good performances from the adults and wonderfully natural performances from the kids. It will make you laugh and cry and perhaps, even give you pause to wonder what you would do, if faced with such terrible dangers.