1900

Director Bernardo Bertolucci’s sweeping epic follows the friendship of two men from opposing classes in early-20th-century Italy. Robert De Niro stars as Alfredo Berlinghieri, a wealthy but weak-willed landowner who becomes a pawn of the fascists, and Gérard Depardieu is Olmo Dalcò, a Marxist insurgent farm worker. With Burt Lancaster, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Sterling Hayden, Stefania Sandrelli, Alida Valli. 5 1/4 hrs. on three discs. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital mono, Italian Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; bonus documentary "Bernardo Bertolucci: Reflections on Cinema" (2002). Filmed in English.