- Overview
This Colin Low documentary from 1959 depicts Venice in all its splendor. In the tradition of Venetian painter Canaletto, the film captures the great Italian city’s elusive beauty and fabled landscapes, where spired churches and turreted palaces soar into a blue Mediterranean sky. Narration by William Shatner.
- Release Date
15 April 1959
- DirectingColin Low
- Budget
$0.00
- Revenue
$0.00
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