La diga del ghiacciaio

  • 11'
  • Italy
  • 1953
Olmi (1931, Treviglio, Lombardy) moved with his family in 1933 to Milan, where the Edison Volta electricity company took him on after World War Two. That period formed the basis of Olmi's semi-autobiographical Il Posto (1961), about the grind and boredom of an errand boy with a large company. He became involved at Edison Volta with the film and theatre department and realised about 40 films and documentaries between 1953 and 1961. The first of them is La diga del ghiaccicio (The Glacier Dam), a fine example of the most underestimated of all film genres, the industrial documentary.



Director
Ermanno Olmi
Country of production
Italy
Year
1953
Festival Edition
IFFR 2009
Length
11'
Medium
16mm
Language
Italian
Production Company
Servizio Cinematografico della Societa Edison
Director
Ermanno Olmi
Country of production
Italy
Year
1953
Festival Edition
IFFR 2009
Length
11'
Medium
16mm
Language
Italian
Production Company
Servizio Cinematografico della Societa Edison