The Night of the Shooting Stars
Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Starring Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano
Run Time 105 min
It is the Night of San Lorenzo, the night when dreams come true. While watching shooting stars, Cecilia tells her son about a similar night in 1944, when she was six years old and the residents of San Martino, her small Tuscan town, defied their Nazi occupiers.
So good it's thrilling.
Pauline Kael
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
One of the greatest films of the 1980’s.
Film Threat
By the end of this majestic entertainment one feels like the children in it: that one has not been told this story but dreamed it.
TIME Magazine
Revealing unanticipated beauties everywhere, even amid the horrors of war ... the Tavianis' masterpiece.
The New York Times
| Name | Role |
| Paolo Taviani | Director |
| Paolo Taviani | Writer |
| Vittorio Taviani | Writer |
| Vittorio Taviani | Director |
| Omero Antonutti | Cast Member |
| Margarita Lozano | Cast Member |
| Giuliani G. De Negri | Writer |
| Giuliani G. De Negri | Producer |
| Tonino Guerra | Writer |
Country Italy
Original Language Italian
Run time 105 min
Year Completed 1982