Bernardo Bertolucci , writer/director of Last Tango in Paris, has recently completed 1900, which stars Robert de Niro, Burt Lan caster and Dominique Sanda. It is the longest film in the history of Italy's cinema. In its full version 1900 lasts five-and-a-half hours (though there are doubts about this version coming to Britain) and it took two years to shoot. Gavin Millar goes to Rome to talk to the director about the making of his epic and to discuss his earlier films, which include The Conformist and Spider's Stratagem.
Research ROSEMARY BOWEN-JONES
Assistant producer JULIAN JEBB
Producer GAVIN MILLAR