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DANTE: Inferno to Paradise – an unprecedented two-part, four-hour film from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ric Burns – explores the life, work and legacy of the great 14th century Florentine poet, Dante Alighieri, and the incomparable masterpiece he left behind, The Divine Comedy – a stunning poetic account of a life-changing journey through the three realms of the afterlife, Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, long considered one of the greatest works of art ever created in the history of Western literature.

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Directed by RIC BURNS  Written by RICCARDO BRUSCAGLI and RIC BURNS  Produced by LEIGH HOWELL and BONNIE LAFAVE  Executive Producers JANE MORROW, REGINA K. SCULLY, GERALYN WHITE-DREYFOUS and JEFF BIEBER  Edited By OMRY MAOZ, MARGARET METZGER, LI-SHIN YU, PARKER DIXON, TOM PATTERSON, KENT BASSETT and BRANDON HOLMES  Assistant Editor MISCHA ALETTA  Director of Photography BUDDY SQUIRES, A.S.C., TIM CRAGG  Additional Cinematography HUGH CAMPBELL, LUCA CIUTI Assistant Camera JARED AMES, KIER BYATT  Sound Engineering JOHN ZECCA  Dialogue Editors MARLENA GRZASLEWICZ, MATT RIGBY  Sound FX Editors MARIUSZ GLABINSKI, ISAAC DERFEL  Senior Creative Consultant CHRISTINE HERRING Line Producer CHRIS BONGIRNE  Associate Producer ALEX ROTHENBERG  Casting Director EVE POMERANCE

ANTONIO FAZZINI as DANTE  FATTORI FRASER as BEATRICE

DIKRAN TULAINE as VIRGIL  ALAN COX as GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

Narrated by ALAN COX

Music Composed, Orchestrated and Performed by BRIAN KEANE

Original Production Funding provided by ROSALIND P. WALTER, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, GEORGE JENKINS FOUNDATION, DANA AND VIRGINIA RANDT, ARTEMIS RISING FOUNDATION, FRANCESCO AND MARY GIAMBELLI FOUNDATION, VIKING CRUISES, LORI ANNE LO PRESTI, PATRICIA AND MARSHALL GELLER, SHEENA AND VIJAY VAIDYANATHAN, PAOLO MISERIA