Rating: 
Summary: WAIT FOR A PROPER DVD
Review: This is absolutely the worst DVD transfer of all time. Beware: it's a VHS tape put onto DVD, and what looks like a fourth-generation tape at that. If you haven't seen this incredible film, wait. They'll have to come out with a proper DVD at some point. This one is painful. Please don't support releases like this by purchasing this DVD.
Rating: 
Summary: Italian drama.
Review: This is one of the best Italian dramas. Powerful performance. Strong movie.
Rating:
Summary: Great movie, terrible DVD
Review: This review is about the DVD by KOCH Vision.Oh, boy! The movie is of 1961, but I have seen better quality TAPES by early Charlie Chaplin. Not just KOCH spent no time cleaning and re-mastering the original, it also seems that they have used the worst original available. On the top of it, the box says it's black and white - what a lie! It is, actually, green and yellow. What else? I could not move further then the scene 8, then the picture stalls, surrounded by yellow squares. My advice - do not buy this one, just waste of money!
Rating: 
Summary: I saw it when it was new!
Review: When seen years ago this movie was shocking and wondeful. Unfortunately for those who see it for the first time like this it will not impress them as it is so hard to watch because of appalling quality of reproduction.Sofia gives an incredible and believable performance as the southern Italian peasant trying to survive the last days of the war with her daughter. The rape scene is harrowing. The subtitles are amusing..once it even gave a sub-title when they hadn't said anything!! This movie is really for someone who knows southern Italy well and experienced WW2 (as I did to some extent) and also is fluent in Italian as you would have to be a very quick reader to keep up with the inaccurate subtitles. See it just for Sophia,s magnificent performance!
Rating:
Summary: VIDEO QUALITY IS TERRIBLE !!
Review: While the original film itself is perfection, the quality of this particular video recording is the absolute worst. It's a crime to market such poor quality goods in this day and age.
Rating: 
Summary: Beware This "Hollywood Classics" Transfer
Review: Wonderful film is almost unwatchable as presented here. Quality is worse than bad VHS tape, which must have been the source for this "digital transfer". Wait until another source is available.
| 
