Maps of Movies

1900 (1976)

Where 1900 says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A film of the Po plain: the places of two friends' lives were filmed across Emilia, Cremona and even the Ligurian coast.

Scenes and places

Two boys born on the same estate (1901)

Alfredo, heir to the landowners, and Olmo, a peasant's illegitimate son, are born the same day on the same estate. Their friendship across the class line is the spine of the whole film.

Set in Berlinghieri estate, Emilia — The Emilia estate where the landowner's grandson Alfredo and the peasant boy Olmo grow up as friends.

Filmed at Corte delle Piacentine, Roncole Verdi (Busseto) — Italian Wikipedia names this farmstead as a main filming site for the estate. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The strike and the train to the sea (1908)

Olmo's grandfather Leo leads strikes against unfair conditions on the farm while the two boys grow up side by side. The peasants' fight for fair work is set up here.

Set in Train toward the Ligurian coast — The peasants' strike that sends the story's train toward the sea.

Filmed at Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre), tunnel by the sea — Italian Wikipedia gives a Cinque Terre tunnel by Riomaggiore for the train-by-the-sea shots; coordinates are the town centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Alfredo and Olmo out in Parma (1919)

After Olmo comes back from the war the friendship continues but changes, as the two spend time away from the estate.

Set in Parma — The two friends' outing in Parma after Olmo's return. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The funeral procession in Guastalla (1919)

The peasants bury victims of the fighting in a public march, showing Olmo's side of the class struggle growing.

Set in Guastalla — Funeral procession for victims of the attack on the workers' hall. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Piazza Mazzini, Guastalla — Italian Wikipedia's Guastalla page records the film shot here; coordinates are the town centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Alfredo's holiday on Capri (1922)

Alfredo, now at the head of the family business, spends time away from the estate, in a milieu far from Olmo's life.

Set in Capri — Hotel and sea scenes in the 1920s part of the story. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Capri — Italian Wikipedia lists Capri itself as a filming place; coordinates are the island. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Ada's drinking and Alfredo's marriage (1922)

Alfredo marries Ada, but her growing alcoholism shows the emptiness of the marriage.

Set in The Berlinghieri house — A drunken Ada and Alfredo talk.

Filmed at Cinecittà Studios, Rome — Italian Wikipedia says some scenes were shot on Cinecittà sets; coordinates are the studio area. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The cemetery on Liberation Day (1945)

In 1945 Italy is freed from the fascists and the peasants turn on the landowner's side of the estate.

Set in Village cemetery — 1945 scene of reckoning in the village.

Filmed at Old cemetery, Poggio Rusco — Italian Wikipedia's Poggio Rusco page records the film shot at the old cemetery; coordinates are the town centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine delle Grazie, Curtatone — Church scene (which scene unknown) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Palazzo Canossa square, Mantua — Mantua city scene Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Badia di Voltido (Cremona) — Estate-area scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Pontirolo Capredoni — Estate-area scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Rivarolo del Re — Estate-area scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at San Giovanni in Croce — Estate-area scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Alfredo Berlinghieri — Heir of the wealthy landowning family.
• Olmo Dalcò — A peasant's illegitimate son raised as a socialist.