Movie

Vajont

★ 6.6(117)20011h 56m

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Director: Renzo Martinelli
Release date: 2001-10-12
Runtime: 1h 56m
Language: Italian
Box office: $329,092
Budget: $17,000,000
Status: Released
Country: France
Studio: S.D.P. Films

About Vajont

Vajont is a 2001 movie in the Drama genre, directed by Renzo Martinelli, starring Michel Serrault, Daniel Auteuil and Laura Morante. It has a runtime of 1 hour 56 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.6/10 from 117 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Vajont in Italy — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, 260 million cubic meters of rock fell down from Mount Toc to the artificial lake formed by the Vajont dam, the higher dam in the world. The landslide formed a 250-meters wave and 50 million cubic meters of water completely destroied all the below towns, killing more than 2000 people. Planned by engineer Semenza, Vajont dam (263 meters) had to carry the electricity in all the houses of the country. Tina Merlin, a journalist from 'L'Unitá', tried for years to denounce the danger to build a dam near the Mount Toc and expecially to denounce all the omissions by the corrupted politicians and workers in charge of the dam construction. They preferred to trust in old geologist Dal Piaz instead to hear engineer Semenza young son's alarming analysis. No one seemed to understand the high danger until that October fatal night.