Carlo Lizzani

Carlo Lizzani

Nacimiento : 1922-04-03, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Muerte : 2013-10-05

Historia

Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story). After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) and Crazy Joe (1974) or erotic comedy Roma Bene (1971). He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994. His film Celluloide deals with the making of Rome, Open City. He committed suicide in 2013.

Perfil

Carlo Lizzani

Películas

Cinecittà Babylon
Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Sé stesso
Sperduti nel buio
Himself
Documentary about the lost 1914 film "Sperduti nel buio". Film historian Denis Lotto journeys across Europe following the trail of the lost movie.
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
Narrator / Self
This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism. Born after the Second World War, this veritable cultural revolution rapidly became a boundless source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout the entire world. Even today it influences those wanting to produce quality movies characterized and identified as Italian products able to be exported as well. It is precisely one of the masters of this unique current rich in different personalities who introduces the story - Carlo Lizzani - whose 'lesson' reconstructs the birth and development of Neorealism in Italy. It combined innovative movie techniques with a new view based on a 'true' interpretation of reality. Due to its high cultural value, this short film was given the highest reknown of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy.
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
Writer
This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism. Born after the Second World War, this veritable cultural revolution rapidly became a boundless source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout the entire world. Even today it influences those wanting to produce quality movies characterized and identified as Italian products able to be exported as well. It is precisely one of the masters of this unique current rich in different personalities who introduces the story - Carlo Lizzani - whose 'lesson' reconstructs the birth and development of Neorealism in Italy. It combined innovative movie techniques with a new view based on a 'true' interpretation of reality. Due to its high cultural value, this short film was given the highest reknown of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy.
Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni
Self
The Years of Lost Images
Self
A documentary about director Valerio Zurlini. The "lost images" of the title are the movies Zurlini was never able to shoot: between 1962, the year he won the Golden Lion with Family Diary, and 1982, the year of his death, he directed only four features. The documentary features interviews with close collaborators (celebrated screenwriters Enrico Medioli and Nicola Badalucco) and some of his actors (Jacques Perrin and Claudia Cardinale).
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
Se stesso
Noi c'eravamo
Voi siete qui
A Dream of Women
Self
A new documentary film on Fellini's 'La Città del Donne' ('City of Women') directed by Dominique Maillet, featuring producer Renzo Rossellini, film historian Aldo Tassone, producer and film historian Carlo Lizzani, and Federico Fellini's assistant Dominique Delouche (1955-1960).
Scossa
Director
100 years ago, a terrible earthquake, followed by an equally terrible tidal wave, devastated and largely destroyed Messina and Reggio Calabria.
Portrait Of My Father
Self
A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Self
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Director
A documentary about film director Luchino Visconti
All Human Rights for All
Writer
Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 articles of the Declaration.
All Human Rights for All
Director
Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 articles of the Declaration.
Il falso bugiardo
Self
Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became blockbusters throughout the world.
Giuseppe De Santis
Director
A brief tribute to the grat director, spanning through some insights about his character, his works, his life, through the words of critics, relatives, colleagues, with a collage technique of interviews, archive footage, and brief excerpts and pictures from some of his works.
Hotel Meina
Screenplay
How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves.
Hotel Meina
Director
How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves.
Through Children's Eyes - De Sica & Shoeshine
Looks back at the Sciuscià, its success abroad, its influence on later filmmakers, its Oscar win, and the social conditions at the time of its production.
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
Self
Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".
Behind Love and Anger
Interviews with directors Marco Bellocchio and Carlo Lizzani, assistant director Maurizio Ponzi, and editor Roberto Perpignani.
Le cinque giornate di Milano
Director
Western all'italiana
"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio Universal in 2004, on the occasion of the broadcasting of a selection of Italian western films, the so-called "spaghetti westerns". In the course of the video, the birth, evolution and conclusion of the Italian western trend is told.
Cesare Zavattini
Director
Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini
Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
Director
Maria Josè was the daughter of the king of Belgium and she was betrothed to Umberto di Savoia, the son of Vittorio Emanuele III, the king of Italy. The movie tells her story from her teens, when she was a Red Cross nurse during World War I until her exile in 1946.
Juan XXIII: El Papa de la paz
Pio XII
En 1958, tras la muerte de Pío XII, el anciano Cardenal Angelo Roncalli, Patriarca de Venecia, viaja a Roma para participar en el cónclave que debe elegir al nuevo Papa, cónclave dominado por toda clase de maniobras políticas. En efecto, una vez en el Vaticano, Roncalli asiste atónito al enconado enfrentamiento entre las distintas facciones eclesiásticas. Durante el cónclave se van desvelando aspectos extraordinarios del pasado del viejo cardenal: su apoyo espiritual y económico a un grupo de trabajadores en huelga, cuando todavía era un joven sacerdote; su ayuda a los cristianos ortodoxos de Bulgaria, cuando estuvo destinado en ese país; sus hábiles negociaciones con el embajador nazi de Estambul para salvar un tren de prisioneros judíos, cuando era diplomático del Vaticano en Turquía; sus finas dotes diplomáticas para evitar que De Gaulle repudiase a treinta obispos que habían apoyado el régimen de Vichy.
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Self - Filmmaker
La vida y la obra de uno de los grandes maestros del cine italiano, Sergio Leone (1929-89); un retrato rico y fascinante a través de testimonios inéditos de colaboradores, actores, directores y críticos que reconstruyen cada aspecto de su actividad creativa.
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
Narrator
Documentary about master director Roberto Rossellini, who tells details of his life and childhood and visits the places where he has lived and shot some of his most famous movies.
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
Director
Documentary about master director Roberto Rossellini, who tells details of his life and childhood and visits the places where he has lived and shot some of his most famous movies.
Luchino Visconti
Self
A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. Clips from his films and interviews with actors, crew members, and critics provide details for this portrait of creativity.
Luchino Visconti
Writer
A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. Clips from his films and interviews with actors, crew members, and critics provide details for this portrait of creativity.
Luchino Visconti
Director
A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. Clips from his films and interviews with actors, crew members, and critics provide details for this portrait of creativity.
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
Self
Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.
Celluloide
Screenplay
Narra el sufrido rodaje de "Roma, città aperta", la obra maestra de Roberto Rossellini filmada en 1946. (FILMAFFINITY)
Celluloide
Director
Narra el sufrido rodaje de "Roma, città aperta", la obra maestra de Roberto Rossellini filmada en 1946. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Wicked
Director
At the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian woman who has mysteriously developed schizophrenia. To identify the causes of her condition, he employs psychoanalytic methods to dig into her sexual past, despite objections by the old-fashioned chief physician.
Rossellini
A profile of the film director Roberto Rossellini, looking at his life, personality and films, following his career and his relationship with Ingrid Bergman.
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Director
Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.
Caro Gorbaciov
Screenplay
Caro Gorbaciov
Director
Assicurazione sulla morte
Director
Mamma Ebe
Writer
Basado en la historia de la mujer llevada a juicio por cargos de plagio moral y brujería.
Mamma Ebe
Director
Basado en la historia de la mujer llevada a juicio por cargos de plagio moral y brujería.
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
Director
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Director
A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.
The House of the Yellow Carpet
Director
Franca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug which was a gift of Franca's stepfather. One day, while Antonio is out, a strange man rings saying he wishes to buy the rug. But the man's visit becames a nightmare. He kidnaps Franca and says he killed his wife on that same yellow rug. Then Franca kills the man. But is that really all that has happened? And who was that strange man?
Inverno di malato
Writer
Girolamo, a teenager from a good family suffering from bone tuberculosis, is hospitalized in a sanatorium where he is forced to suffer the harassment of his rough roommate, sadistically backed by an Austrian nurse. To alleviate his suffering a little will be the tender friendship with Polly, a sweet English girl.
Inverno di malato
Director
Girolamo, a teenager from a good family suffering from bone tuberculosis, is hospitalized in a sanatorium where he is forced to suffer the harassment of his rough roommate, sadistically backed by an Austrian nurse. To alleviate his suffering a little will be the tender friendship with Polly, a sweet English girl.
Venezia
Director
Fontamara
Screenplay
Fontamara is a village in the Marsica, forgotten by all but God and its inhabitants are called 'cafoni' (boors). Berardo Viola wants to marry Elvira but only after gaining enough money to buy some land and in order to reach his aim he has the idea of going to a great city. When Maria Grazia is raped by the fascists, Berardo and Antonio decide to leave Fontamara and go to Rome. Here they are swindled by a lawyer and afterwards they are invited by an antifascist to a restaurant where they are arrested by the police because of some subversive papers they had.
Fontamara
Director
Fontamara is a village in the Marsica, forgotten by all but God and its inhabitants are called 'cafoni' (boors). Berardo Viola wants to marry Elvira but only after gaining enough money to buy some land and in order to reach his aim he has the idea of going to a great city. When Maria Grazia is raped by the fascists, Berardo and Antonio decide to leave Fontamara and go to Rome. Here they are swindled by a lawyer and afterwards they are invited by an antifascist to a restaurant where they are arrested by the police because of some subversive papers they had.
Una respetable dama burguesa
Director
Pascale, casada con un arquitecto, pierde su vuelo a Londres y se ve obligada a quedarse en Berlín, en el Hotel Kleinhoff donde permaneció como estudiante. Karl, un aspirante a revolucionario vive en la habitación contigua y Pascale lo espía a él ya su ex-novia a través de un agujero. Luego lo sigue a un lugar dudoso donde es arrestada por la policía durante un ataque de los revolucionarios. Cuando regresa al hotel Kleinhoff, Pascale encuentra a Karl llorando, y entra en su habitación para consolarlo y tienen una aventura.
San Babila-8 P.M.
Writer
A quartet of young neo-Fascists terrorise the Milanise locals while the Police mostly look the other way.
San Babila-8 P.M.
Director
A quartet of young neo-Fascists terrorise the Milanise locals while the Police mostly look the other way.
The Teenage Prostitution Racket
Writer
A drama about several teenage girls from different backgrounds who are drawn to prostitution and enter a world of violence and abuse that is almost impossible to leave behind.
The Teenage Prostitution Racket
Director
A drama about several teenage girls from different backgrounds who are drawn to prostitution and enter a world of violence and abuse that is almost impossible to leave behind.
Mussolini: Último acto
Screenplay
En marzo de 1945, Mussolini a través del cardenal Schuster intentó llegar a un acuerdo de rendición con los aliados: la única condición era que se respetara su vida y la de sus hombres. La rotunda negativa de Churchill y de los comunistas italianos a aceptar esta propuesta obligó a Mussolini a seguir resistiendo. Pero pronto descubriría que los alemanes no estaban dispuestos a dejarlo actuar por su cuenta y una vez mas lo traicionarían. Buscado por los partisanos, Il Duce intentó salir del país, pero ya era demasiado tarde.
Mussolini: Último acto
Director
En marzo de 1945, Mussolini a través del cardenal Schuster intentó llegar a un acuerdo de rendición con los aliados: la única condición era que se respetara su vida y la de sus hombres. La rotunda negativa de Churchill y de los comunistas italianos a aceptar esta propuesta obligó a Mussolini a seguir resistiendo. Pero pronto descubriría que los alemanes no estaban dispuestos a dejarlo actuar por su cuenta y una vez mas lo traicionarían. Buscado por los partisanos, Il Duce intentó salir del país, pero ya era demasiado tarde.
Joe, el loco
Director
Ascensión y caída de un gangster de la mafia, basado en la vida del asesinado gangster de Nueva York "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Turin Negro
Director
Durante un partido de fútbol, un hombre es asesinado. Todos los indicios apuntan a un inocente padre de familia, que deja a su mujer y a sus dos hijos en una precaria situación. El hijo mayor, que estaba con su padre en el momento del asesinato, sabe que es inocente. Un día, lee una noticia en un periódico que le ofrece la posibilidad de probar la inocencia de su padre y empieza a investigar con la ayuda de un abogado.
La gran bacanal
Screenplay
Comedia satírica sobre la burguesía romana. El comisario Tartamella, a cargo del barrio de los millonarios, se debe ocupar de barones que roban, hijos de empresarios que fingen ser secuestrados, o de viudas negras.
La gran bacanal
Director
Comedia satírica sobre la burguesía romana. El comisario Tartamella, a cargo del barrio de los millonarios, se debe ocupar de barones que roban, hijos de empresarios que fingen ser secuestrados, o de viudas negras.
The Tough and the Mighty
Writer
La vida y aventuras de Graziano Messina en el período en que los secuestros en Cerdeña eran frecuentes.
The Tough and the Mighty
Journalist (uncredited)
La vida y aventuras de Graziano Messina en el período en que los secuestros en Cerdeña eran frecuentes.
The Tough and the Mighty
Director
La vida y aventuras de Graziano Messina en el período en que los secuestros en Cerdeña eran frecuentes.
Amor y rabia
Producer
Cinco directores ofrecen sendas historias en las que se entremezclan el amor y la rabia.
Amor y rabia
Writer
Cinco directores ofrecen sendas historias en las que se entremezclan el amor y la rabia.
Amor y rabia
Director
Cinco directores ofrecen sendas historias en las que se entremezclan el amor y la rabia.
The Bandit
Writer
Una historia de amor, violencia, asesinato y venganza siciliana.
The Bandit
Director
Una historia de amor, violencia, asesinato y venganza siciliana.
Black Jesus
Producer
A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along with a thief who comes to a greater understanding through his contact with Lalubi.
Bandidos en Milán
Story
Cavallero es un empresario aparentemente respetable que va a misa todos los domingos y que exige que sus empleadas que no lleven minifalda. Sin embargo, él y tres amigos forman una banda de ladrones que atracan bancos en distintas ciudades italianas.
Bandidos en Milán
Police official (uncredited)
Cavallero es un empresario aparentemente respetable que va a misa todos los domingos y que exige que sus empleadas que no lleven minifalda. Sin embargo, él y tres amigos forman una banda de ladrones que atracan bancos en distintas ciudades italianas.
Bandidos en Milán
Screenplay
Cavallero es un empresario aparentemente respetable que va a misa todos los domingos y que exige que sus empleadas que no lleven minifalda. Sin embargo, él y tres amigos forman una banda de ladrones que atracan bancos en distintas ciudades italianas.
Bandidos en Milán
Director
Cavallero es un empresario aparentemente respetable que va a misa todos los domingos y que exige que sus empleadas que no lleven minifalda. Sin embargo, él y tres amigos forman una banda de ladrones que atracan bancos en distintas ciudades italianas.
Requiescant (descanse en paz)
Producer
Tras la muerte de sus padres en una masacre dirigida por Ferguson (Mark Damon), un niño mexicano (Lou Castel) es adoptado por un pastor evangélico, que lo educa en el uso de las armas. Cuando se hace mayor, intenta rescatar a su hermana adoptiva, que se ha escapado con una compañía de variedades y ha caído en las garras de Ferguson.
Requiescant (descanse en paz)
Director
Tras la muerte de sus padres en una masacre dirigida por Ferguson (Mark Damon), un niño mexicano (Lou Castel) es adoptado por un pastor evangélico, que lo educa en el uso de las armas. Cuando se hace mayor, intenta rescatar a su hermana adoptiva, que se ha escapado con una compañía de variedades y ha caído en las garras de Ferguson.
Un río de dólares
Director
Ken y Jerry son dos forajidos que huyen hacia la frontera mexicana llevando como botín la nómina robada al ejército. La caballería los alcanza, pero Ken consigue huir con el dinero. Tras cinco años de prisión, Jerry sale dispuesto a vengarse de su colega, pero éste ha cambiado de nombre.
Frente al amor y la muerte
Producer
Un joven, debido a su agitada vida sentimental, empieza a cometer pequeños delitos, para luego pasar a mayores.
Frente al amor y la muerte
Director
Un joven, debido a su agitada vida sentimental, empieza a cometer pequeños delitos, para luego pasar a mayores.
Thrilling (Espeluznante)
Director
Una película de antología / comedia negra sobre tres hombres comunes y corrientes que se involucran en crímenes violentos. Película dividida en tres episodios. En "El victimista", dirigido por Ettore Scola y protagonizado por Manfredi, un profesor vive obsesionado con la idea de que su esposa lo engaña. "Sadik" lo dirige Polidoro y lo protagoniza Chiari. En "La autopista del sol", dirigido por Lizzani y protagonizado por Sordi, un hombre pasa la noche en un misterioso hotel tras una avería mecánica en su coche.
Guerra secreta
Director
El jefe del Servicio de Inteligencia norteamericano en Europa relata la historia de tres operaciones de espionaje en las que participó.
La Celestina P… R…
Screenplay
La Celestina P… R…
Director
Amori pericolosi
Writer
Three episodes of varying pitch and quality. In the first a maid plans the elimination of her lover's wife with him, but she doesn't enjoy the fruits of victory. In the second (The patrol) a soldier of the Foreign Legion neglects his duties for running after a prostitute. The third segment has as its protagonist a general of the belle époque that goes on a date.
Amori pericolosi
Director
Three episodes of varying pitch and quality. In the first a maid plans the elimination of her lover's wife with him, but she doesn't enjoy the fruits of victory. In the second (The patrol) a soldier of the Foreign Legion neglects his duties for running after a prostitute. The third segment has as its protagonist a general of the belle époque that goes on a date.
It's a Hard Life
Screenplay
Luciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual and bibliophile, he works as head of cultural initiatives at a mining plant.
It's a Hard Life
Director
Luciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual and bibliophile, he works as head of cultural initiatives at a mining plant.
El proceso de Verona
Director
Conmovedora historia sobre Edda Ciano, la hija del dictador italiano Mussolini, que fue incapaz de evitar la ejecución de su marido por los nazis.
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
Thanks
Indagación sobre los orígenes del fascismo y su desarrollo en Italia y en otros países mediante material de archivo. Esta revisión muestra el marco ideológico del fascismo y el rastro que ha dejado en la mentalidad de la gente.
Gold of Rome
Screenplay
Rome 1943. The German Commandant of the city causes a turmoil in the Jewish community by offering them what seems to be an expensive way out of imprisonment and death.
Gold of Rome
Story
Rome 1943. The German Commandant of the city causes a turmoil in the Jewish community by offering them what seems to be an expensive way out of imprisonment and death.
Gold of Rome
Director
Rome 1943. The German Commandant of the city causes a turmoil in the Jewish community by offering them what seems to be an expensive way out of imprisonment and death.
La espada del vencedor
Screenplay
Tras siete años de guerra, y para detener la alarmante pérdida de vidas que vienen sufriendo, las ciudades-estado de Roma y Alba Longa, deciden celebrar un combate a muerte entre tres hermanos romanos y tres hermanos albanos. La ciudad de los vencidos será destruida.
The Policeman on Horseback
Director
A soldier has his horse stolen on his wedding day and spends the first day of his honeymoon looking for it.
The Hunchback
Screenplay
Alvaro Cosenza, also known as the Hunchback from Quarticciolo, during Rome's occupation by Nazis in 1943, decides to revolt.
The Hunchback
Director
Alvaro Cosenza, also known as the Hunchback from Quarticciolo, during Rome's occupation by Nazis in 1943, decides to revolt.
Esterina
Director
Esterina, a young war orphan, joins two truck drivers, Gino and Piero, on their trips along Northern Italy. She wants to find her luck in the big city, but her dreams turn into disappointing experiences. She falls in love with Gino but he is not interested in her, until she disappears...
Behind the Great Wall
Director
Documental sobre la China contemporánea.
The Screwball
Writer
Achille es el chico de los recados en un periodico de Milán, que desea convertirse en un famoso periodista.
The Screwball
Director
Achille es el chico de los recados en un periodico de Milán, que desea convertirse en un famoso periodista.
Crónica de los pobres amantes
Screenplay
In 1925, young Florentine typographer Mario moves to via del Corno to be near his girlfriend Bianca. Here befriends Maciste, his landlord, and Ugo, anti-fascists both of them. After a resident is beaten by the fascists, Mario meets her wife Milena at the hospital, falling in love with her and leaving Bianca. Maciste is killed, again by fascists, while Ugo is wounded and he seeks shelter in a nearby house. Here he falls in love with Gesuina and the two marry. Milena's husband dies, but she and Mario part ways. Later, Mario is arrested by the police.
Crónica de los pobres amantes
Director
In 1925, young Florentine typographer Mario moves to via del Corno to be near his girlfriend Bianca. Here befriends Maciste, his landlord, and Ugo, anti-fascists both of them. After a resident is beaten by the fascists, Mario meets her wife Milena at the hospital, falling in love with her and leaving Bianca. Maciste is killed, again by fascists, while Ugo is wounded and he seeks shelter in a nearby house. Here he falls in love with Gesuina and the two marry. Milena's husband dies, but she and Mario part ways. Later, Mario is arrested by the police.
Human Torpedoes
Screenplay
El ataque de la marina italiana a la marina británica anclada en Creta, en 1941.
Amor en la ciudad
Director
Seis episodios separados que exploran temas de amor, sexo y romance en la capital italiana. "Paid Love" ofrece un vistazo a la prostitución; "Intento de suicidio" presenta a posibles suicidas discutiendo su desesperación; "Paradise for Three Hours" representa una velada en un salón de baile provincial; "Marriage Agency" sigue a un reportero de investigación que se hace pasar por futuro esposo; "Historia de Caterina" cuenta la historia de una joven madre soltera obligada a abandonar a su hijo; y "Italians Stare" cataloga las técnicas de los hombres italianos para observar a las chicas.
At the Edge of the City
Writer
Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend.
At the Edge of the City
Director
Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend.
Attention! Bandits!
Story
During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in Genoa, in order to pick up a delivery of weapons. Meanwhile, there's a strike in the city and the Nazis are trying to suppress it violently. The factory becomes the scene of fighting between the Germans and the partisans but the latter, aided by the workers, will be able to get the better.
Attention! Bandits!
Screenplay
During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in Genoa, in order to pick up a delivery of weapons. Meanwhile, there's a strike in the city and the Nazis are trying to suppress it violently. The factory becomes the scene of fighting between the Germans and the partisans but the latter, aided by the workers, will be able to get the better.
Attention! Bandits!
Director
During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in Genoa, in order to pick up a delivery of weapons. Meanwhile, there's a strike in the city and the Nazis are trying to suppress it violently. The factory becomes the scene of fighting between the Germans and the partisans but the latter, aided by the workers, will be able to get the better.
Something Changed in Midday
Director
The film by the well-known Italian director Carlo Lizzani is one of the now classic documentaries about the post-war problems of southern Italy. It focuses primarily on the congress concerning the post-war reconstruction of the region, but its main themes are poverty, exploitation of workers and the underdevelopment of the southern regions, exacerbated by WWII, and emphasizes the role of protesting workers as the leading force of transformation. While scenes of workers’ demonstrations were to be cut from the film in Italy, its original form won the Best Short Film Outline award at the 1950 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Under the Olive Tree
Screenplay
A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.
Arroz amargo
Story
Perseguida por la policía, la cómplice de un ladrón se une a un grupo de jornaleras que se dirigen a las plantaciones de arroz del valle del Po. Una vez allí, se reúne con ella su amante que proyecta apoderarse, con la ayuda de unos amigos, de la cosecha.
Arroz amargo
Screenplay
Perseguida por la policía, la cómplice de un ladrón se une a un grupo de jornaleras que se dirigen a las plantaciones de arroz del valle del Po. Una vez allí, se reúne con ella su amante que proyecta apoderarse, con la ayuda de unos amigos, de la cosecha.
The Mill on the Po
First Assistant Director
In the Po Valley during the 19th century, a rich girl engaged to a well-to-do farmer ends up penniless and is forced to work for her fiancé’s relatives. Peasant unrest, carried to extremes by both workers and landowners, leads to violence and tragedy.
Alemania, año cero
Assistant Director
Edmund, un niño de doce años, intenta sobrevivir a las duras condiciones de la postguerra alemana, especialmente en Berlín, una ciudad que ha quedado completamente derruida tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Alemania, año cero
Writer
Edmund, un niño de doce años, intenta sobrevivir a las duras condiciones de la postguerra alemana, especialmente en Berlín, una ciudad que ha quedado completamente derruida tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Tragic Hunt
Co-Director
Immediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural cooperative charged with bringing four million lire into office.
Tragic Hunt
Screenplay
Immediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural cooperative charged with bringing four million lire into office.
Tragic Hunt
Story
Immediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural cooperative charged with bringing four million lire into office.
Outcry
Don Camillo, il prete
A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.
Outcry
Screenplay
A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.
Amore che si paga
Director
Carlo Lizzani's short film for the anthology film Love in the City