The Legend of 1900

The Legend of 1900
Italian theatrical film poster
Directed byGiuseppe Tornatore
Screenplay byGiuseppe Tornatore
Based onNovecento
by Alessandro Baricco
Produced byFrancesco Tornatore
Starring
CinematographyLajos Koltai
Edited byMassimo Quaglia
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
Sciarlò
Medusa Film
Distributed byMedusa Film (Italy)
Fine Line Features (International)[1]
Release date
  • 28 October 1998 (1998-10-28)
Running time
165 minutes (Original cut)
125 minutes[2]
CountryItaly
LanguagesEnglish
French
Italian
Budget$9 million
Box office$4 million (Italy)[3] $20.6 million (2019 re-release)

The Legend of 1900 (Italian: La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, "The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean") is a 1998 Italian English-language drama film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, and starring Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Mélanie Thierry. It was Tornatore's first English-language film.[4] The film is inspired by Novecento, a monologue by Alessandro Baricco. The film was nominated for a variety of awards worldwide, winning several for its soundtrack.

  1. ^ "Fine Line dives into 'Ocean'". Variety. 13 May 1997. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "The Legend of 1900". British Board of Film Classification. 21 October 1999. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. ^ Senjanovic, Natasha (10 December 1999). "Italy: Top 5 local production companies". Screen International. p. 30.
  4. ^ The Legend of 1900 at mediacircus.net