Fiume o morte!
Director: Igor Bezinović
Cast: Andrea Marsanich, Albano Vucetic, Tihomir Buterin
Schedule
After the screening, journalist László Szily will pose sharp, probing questions to a renowned historian.
On the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1919, a self-appointed, personality-disordered, fiery-souled poet appears in Fiume, seizes the city by military force, and proclaims himself its absolute ruler.
Gabriele D’Annunzio’s bizarre, short-lived reign can be seen as a precursor to Italian fascism, and although the Italian state ultimately must put an end to the embarrassing 16-month incident, only a few years later, with Benito Mussolini’s rise to power, Gabriele D’Annunzio enters the Italian historical pantheon as a national hero.
In Igor Bezinović’s innovative, Rotterdam Grand Prize–winning film, citizens of Rijeka bring to life the tragicomic chapters of Gabriele D’Annunzio’s grotesque 16-month reign of terror.
Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
The Uránia National Film Theatre is unique among Hungarian cinemas as it is the only national film and cultural centre operating as an institute It is the film profession’s counterpart of the National Theatre and the Opera House, of which most important task is to present and show the treasures of contemporary and classical film art as well as organising film clubs, national and international film festivals, and other events (first nights).