L'Inferno (film)

Infobox_Film
name=L'Inferno


director=Giuseppe de Liguoro
writer=Dante Alighieri
("The Divine Comedy")
starring= Salvatore Papa
Arturo Pirovano
Giuseppe de Liguoro
Augusto Milla
producer=
distributor=Helios
released= March 10, 1911
runtime=68 minutes
language=Silent film
country=flagicon|Italy Italy
budget=
amg_id=1:142676
imdb_id=0002130

"L'Inferno" is a 1911 silent film by Giuseppe de Liguoro, loosely adapted from Dante's "The Divine Comedy".

"L'Inferno" was first screened in Naples in the Teatro Mercandante on March 10, 1911. The film took over three years to make and was the first full-length Italian feature film ever made. The film was an international success, taking more than $2 million in the United States alone. It is considered by many scholars and fans as being the finest film adaptation of Dante's work to date.

The film was released on DVD in 2004, with a score by Tangerine Dream.Although TD's score was not composed specifically for the film (it had been released earlier), it fits well. The popularity of Tangerine Dream has certainly helped the sales of the DVD.

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