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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