Italo Disco: The Sparkling Sound of the 80s

Oct 29, 2021

1h 2m

★ 7.3

The sound of an era often told but not always understood

Overview

The history of italo disco, a musical genre that conquered the world during the incredible eighties, the most cybernetic decade; a style that was not just another kind of dance-pop music, but also the origin of an aesthetic, a true social phenomenon and the creative center of a very profitable industry.

Genres

Documentary

History

Music

Production Companies

Alpenway

RAI

ARTE GEIE

Italo Disco: The Sparkling Sound of the 80s Trailers

Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jonas Kvarnstrom

Self

Michelangelo La Bionda

Self

Carmelo La Bionda

Self

Sabrina Salerno

Self

Roberto Zanetti

Self

Stefano Righi

Self

Pierluigi Giombini

Self

Linda Jo Rizzo

Self

Daniele Baldelli

Self

Helmut Josef Geier

Self

Mathias Modica

Self

Claudio Casalini

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