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Title: Disappointing DVD of an excellent film
Review: When I saw the original version of the movie 'Fabiola' many years ago, it was an excellent film, so recently I wished to see it again on a DVD, which I looked for in many different venues, but it appeared to be out of circulation, until I found it in Amazon. So I ordered it. Even though some reviews mentioned it had a few cuts for the US exhibition, I bought it, and to my great disappointment I realized that, with the exception of the last sequences of Christians massacred at the Colisseum (an impressive display of realistic and wonderfully directed section of the film), the whole presentation was marred not only by big cuts but also by its unrestored images, which appear badly scratched and showing the film's age.However, it was great to see old-time French and Italian stars as Michele Morgan, Henri Vidal, Michel Simon and Gino Cervi.The experience was like acquiring an Old Masters painting discolored by neglect and carelessness.
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