Dante: Inferno to Paradise
2024 · PBS · 120 min · 1 season
S01E02 · Part Two: Resurrection
Wed, 20 Mar, 3:00 am
Explore Dante's experience in exile, and his completion of the last two parts of the "Comedy," shortly before his death in Ravennain 1321. Interweaving soaring scenes drawn from Purgatory and Paradise, the film goes on to explore the afterlife and literary and cultural fate of Dante's masterpiece from the time of his death down to today.
About
Dante: Inferno to Paradise, by acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns, explores the riveting life and times of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his soaring masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" – one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western literature.
Episodes
- E01
Part One: The Inferno
Tue, 19 Mar· 120 minExplore the historical background of medieval Florence from 1216 to Dante's birth in 1265, dramatic details of Dante's childhood, education and early literary and political career, culminating in his exile in 1302, and his decision to begin The Divine Comedy in 1306.
- E02
Part Two: Resurrection
Wed, 20 Mar· 120 minExplore Dante's experience in exile, and his completion of the last two parts of the "Comedy," shortly before his death in Ravennain 1321. Interweaving soaring scenes drawn from Purgatory and Paradise, the film goes on to explore the afterlife and literary and cultural fate of Dante's masterpiece from the time of his death down to today.
Cast
Antonio Fazzini
Dante
Fattori Fraser
Beatrice
Dikran Tulaine
Virgil
Alan Cox
Narrator