Dante's Inferno: Abandon All Hope

Dante's Inferno: Abandon All Hope
Directed by	Boris Acosta
Produced by	Boris Acosta
Based on	Inferno  by Dante Alighieri
Starring	Vittorio Matteucci Vincent Spano Armand Mastroianni Jenn Gotzon Lalo Cibelli Nia Peeples Diane Salinger Martin Kove Jsu Garcia Stella Stevens
Narrated by	Jeff Conaway
Music by	Aldo De Tata
Edited by	Angelo Acosta
Distributed by	Dante's Inferno Documentary, LLC
Release dates	January 14, 2010
Running time	40 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Italian

Dante's Inferno: Abandon All Hope is a black and white film produced and directed by Boris Acosta. The story is based on the first part of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy - Inferno.

Plot

This film is a narrative journey from Dante's own hand, through the worst of the afterlife, Inferno. It is a chronological descent to the deepest of Hell, circle by circle to the exit into Purgatory. It features most of Gustave Dore's lithograph illustrations and some excerpts of the 1911 feature film "L'Inferno".

Cast

• Dino Di Durante - Introduced by
• Vittorio Matteucci - Dante
• Lalo Cibelli - Virgil
• Jenn Gotzon - Beatrice
• Gianmario Pagano - Charon, The Ferryman
• Jeff Conaway - Circles Introduction
• Zan Calabretta - 2nd Circle, The Lustful
• Amy Lucas - 3rd Cirble, The Gluttons
• Diane Salinger - The Furies
• Vanna Bonta - 6th and 7th Circles
• Vincent Spano - 7th Circle, The Murderers
• Jsu Garcia - 7th Circle, The Blasphemers
• Leslie Garza - 8th Circle, The Hypocrites
• Stella Stevens - 8th Circle, The Thieves
• Paul Lynch (director) - 8th Circle, The Falsifiers
• Martin Kove - 8th Circle, The Sowers of Discord
• Armand Mastroianni - 9th Circle, The Traitors
• Nia Peeples - Exit into Purgatory

References

• An early version of this film was introduced as a work-in-progress at the Market of the Cannes Film Festival in 2008

External links

• Official website
• Dante's Inferno: Abandon All Hope at the Internet Movie Database