exploitation film, Hell-O-Vision and the 1944 race film Go Down, Death!. Some American state film censor boards required removal of the hell sequences from L'Inferno used in Go Down, Death!, such as one where a woman's bare breast is momentarily seen. ReleaseL'Inferno was first screened in Naples in the Teatro Mercadante on March 10, 1911. An international success, it grossed more than $2 million in the United States, where its length gave theater owners an excuse for raising ticket prices. Home video For many years, L'Inferno was largely unseen and only available in lower quality, incomplete copies. In 2004, a newly restored version of the film, combining British and American prints from the BFI National Archive and the Library of Congress, was released on UK DVD by the Snapper Music label. It was scored by father and son Edgar and Jerome Froese, of the German electronic band Tangerine Dream. The film has English intertitles and subtitles in German, French, Spanish, and Italian. In 2011, L'Inferno's centenary, a brand new and more complete digital restoration by Italy's Cineteca di Bologna was released on their own DVD label. This version has original Italian intertitles, optional English subtitles, and a choice of an electro-acoustic score by Edison Studio or a composition for piano by Marco Dalpane. It also has many extras, including some restored early Italian shorts and a bilingual paperback book. See also Depictions of Muhammad Nudity in filmInauguration of the Pleasure Dome, a 1954 film by Kenneth Anger that utilizes footage from L'Inferno'' References External links http://www.silentera.com/video/infernoHV.html 1911 drama films 1910s fantasy films 1911 films 1911 horror films Articles containing video clips Censored films Films based on Inferno (Dante) Films directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro Films set in hell The Devil in film Italian black-and-white films Italian supernatural horror films Italian silent feature films Italian fantasy films Italian drama films Religious controversies in film Silent drama films Silent horror films