Bernardo Bertolucci's sweeping epic follows the friendship of two men from opposing classes in early 20th-century Italy. Robert De Niro stars as a wealthy but weak-willed landowner who becomes a pawn of the fascists and Gerard Depardieu is a Marxist insurgent farm worker. With Burt Lancaster, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Sterling Hayden, Stefania Sandrelli. Unrated version; 5 1/4 hrs.