| Dante's Inferno Animated | |
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| Directed by | Boris Acosta |
| Produced by | Boris Acosta |
| Written by | Dante Alighieri (poem) |
| Starring | Eric Roberts Jeff Conaway Jenn Gotzon Vincent Spano Franco Nero Riccardo Pratesi Silvia Colloca Vittorio Matteucci |
| Music by | Aldo De Tata |
| Editing by | Angelo Acosta |
| Distributed by | Dante's Inferno Animation, LLC |
| Release date(s) | November 2010 |
| Running time | 38 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Italian |
Dante's Inferno Animated is a 2D animation film produced and directed by Boris Acosta. The story is based on the first part of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy - Inferno.
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This film has two versions, narrated in English and recited in Italian. The Italian version is recited in primitive Italian and Dante Alighieri's own words as he wrote the poem.
Dante gets lost in a dark wood, his way is blocked and he is threatened by three beast, a lion, a lynx and a she-wolf. Beatrice descends from Heaven into Limbo to ask the poet Virgil to go to Dante's rescue and guide him through Inferno and Purgatorio. The film depicts a chronological descend to the nine circles of hell Dante and Virgil through the exit into Purgatorio.