'The Italian Character' allows its audience to gain an insight into a fascinating world that is usually concealed. It is about finding the essence of the Italian character, and in the centre there is the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and its principal conductor, Sir Antonio Pappano.

The film by Angelo Bozzolini contains some of the best soloists and conductors in the world presenting materials collected during their collaboration with the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia - such as Yuri Temirkanov, James Conlon, Valery Gergiev, Daniel Harding, Janine Jansen, Lisa Batiashvili, Evgeny Kissin, Denis Matsuev, Stefano Bollani, Lang Lang...

The film was selected for the Vancouver International Film Festival (world premiere was on 4 October 2013) and the 47th International Hofer Filmtage.

Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9
Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian
Booklet notes: English, German, French, Italian
Running time: 100 mins + 12 mins
German FSK: 0
Available Worldwide