November 23, 1966
Release Date

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For Florence (1966)

Name: For Florence
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1966-11-23

51m

Running Time

November 23, 1966
Release Date

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Plot.

A dramatic, solemn and refined work, "Per Firenze" spread throughout the world the cry for help that was rising in those hours from the city of Dante and Brunelleschi, giving rise to one of the greatest phenomena of solidarity that has gone down in history under the name of the "mud angels."

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Cast & Crew.

Richard Burton

Self - Narrator

Franco Zeffirelli

Director

Furio Colombo

Writer

Amedeo Giomini

Editor

Details.

Release Date
November 23, 1966

Original Name
Per Firenze

Status
Released

Running Time
51m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-14

Wiki.

Florence: Days of Destruction (Italian: Per Firenze) is a 1966 documentary about the 1966 Flood of the Arno River and its catastrophic effect on the city of Florence. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, it is Zeffirelli's only documentary, and features the only known film footage of the flood. The film is 50 minutes long, and was produced by RAI. Released less than a month after the disaster, the film reputedly raised more than $20 million for the reconstruction efforts.

The film was narrated in English and Italian by actor Richard Burton, who had been making The Taming of the Shrew with Zeffirelli at the time.

Variety described the film as a "magnificent, frightening document".