Lot # 117 - 'the Garden of the Finzi-Continis', Acadamy Award Winner Movie Poster

Opening Bid : $ 5.00
Start Date/Time: 26-Dec-2025 7:00:00 AM
End Date/Time: 01-Jan-2026 8:56:00 PM
Current bid:

$16.00

Highest bidder:

howard26

Auction has ended

Description :

This poster for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a haunting and elegant piece of cinematic history, ideal for collectors of international film, historical drama, or Academy Award-winning works.


Poster Overview

  • Title: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

  • Year: 1970 (U.S. release: 1972)

  • Studio: Cinema 5

  • Rating: Not explicitly listed; generally considered suitable for mature audiences

  • Language Note: “NOW IN ENGLISH” — indicating a dubbed or subtitled release

  • Award: Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film (1972)

 Film Details

  • Directed by: Vittorio De Sica

  • Based on the novel by: Giorgio Bassani

  • Starring: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger

  • Genre: Historical drama, romance

  • Setting: Italy, 1938 — on the brink of fascist upheaval

 Design Features

  • Visual Composition:

    • A solemn black-and-white portrait of a woman with curled hair, evoking introspection and fragility.

    • Juxtaposed with marching soldiers — a stark reminder of the encroaching political turmoil.

  • Typography & Tagline:

    • “The Finzi-Continis were rich, beautiful, and unapproachable. In 1938, their world began to change.”

    • This line encapsulates the film’s central tension: privilege and isolation shattered by history.

  • Mood: Reflective, melancholic, and historically resonant.




Dimensions : 27 in W x 41 in H

Auction History

Highest bidder is howard26

Date Bid User
01-Jan-2026 8:52:27 PM $16.00 howard26
31-Dec-2025 7:09:51 AM $12.00 mischo
31-Dec-2025 7:09:47 AM $11.00 Oliver Beans
31-Dec-2025 7:09:47 AM $11.00 mischo
30-Dec-2025 8:56:44 PM $7.00 Oliver Beans
26-Dec-2025 3:03:12 PM $5.00 howard26

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