Renzo Rossellini & Roberto Rossellini – L’età del ferro AKA L’âge de fer AKA The Iron Age [French version] (1965)

Peter Brunette wrote:
At the time of India , as we saw, Rossellini was not really very interested in the medium of television, and the episodes broadcast were little more than outtakes from the later theatrical version. By 1964, however, when Rossellini had begun to take television more seriously, he had learned many things. One of them was that the commentary should add something to the images rather than try to replicate them verbally, as it had in the television series on India. In L’età del ferro (The Iron Age), therefore, the director appears on-screen, acting overtly as teacher and serving as a guarantor of the images, as it were, rather than as their competitor.

His goal in this five-part series is nothing less than a comprehensive overview of the entire Iron Age from the time of the Etruscans to the present day. Most of the early segments are devoted to the progressive refinement of iron implements and weapons, as we move from the earliest inhabitants of the Italian peninsula through the Roman era, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the eighteenth century, and the Industrial Revolution, finally coming to rest at an iron factory at Piombino during World War II. In the fourth episode, Rossellini boldly and imaginatively transforms his documentary into a fictionalized account of one metalworker’s dealings with the Nazis and the Resistance. The final segment examines the present reality and the future promise of our technological society.
(Roberto Rossellini – Peter Brunette/1996)

2.89GB | 4h 30m | 512×384 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/FEFB6A4D7B19B7F/L_eta_del_ferro_L_age_de_fer_(french_version)_-_Episode_1.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/830081E8A3BF8DC/L_eta_del_ferro_L_age_de_fer_(french_version)_-_Episode_2.mkv
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https://nitro.download/view/39DD2002D5B448B/L_eta_del_ferro_L_age_de_fer_(french_version)_-_Episode_4.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/76F93EF9567A35F/L_eta_del_ferro_L_age_de_fer_(french_version)_-_Episode_5.mkv

Language:French
Subtitles:None