Old Man
A crippled loner's car breaks down near an isolated town inhabitated by several killers.
El paso de la vieja a la nueva mafia, con el exterminio de la familia de Angelino Ferrante, padrino a la antigua, a cargo del despiadado Gaspare Ardizzone.
Vincenzo's father
Un abogado arribista se casa con una mujer rica y se vuelve impotente. Con el fin de tener hijos, convence a un amigo cura de que engendre por él, pero el sacerdote le coge gusto al menester. El abogado lo mata...
il dirigente del Pci
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Los siete hermanos Cervi, campesinos católicos y antifascistas del pueblo de Campegine (Emilia Romagna), organizaron con su padre Alcide la lucha partisana y llevaron a cabo acciones guerrilleras contra fascistas y tropas alemanas. En 1943 fueron capturados y fusilados en la ciudad de Reggio Emilia. La película describe con gran realismo el ambiente emiliano. Basada en hechos reales.
Selnich
The story of Che Guevara's desperate attempt to escape the mountains of Bolivia. Pursued by an elite ranger unit of the army led by a determined CIA agent, Che is eventually trapped and his men are killed.
Don Felipe
Los bandidos de El Chuncho roban armas de un tren, con la intención de vender las armas a los revolucionarios de Elías. Son ayudados por uno de los pasajeros, Bill Tate, y permiten que se unan a ellos, aunque él es un asesino que trabaja para el gobierno mexicano.
Praying Man
Sandro, un popular periodista, prepara un reportaje sobre el egoísmo humano. Todas las personas que conoce le sirven para su investigación, incluso su propia esposa, Titta. Pero poco a poco se irá identificando con ellos, y le hará replantearse su vida...
The events in Naples of a few ‘figli della Madonna’ (Madonna’s sons), young people born between 1945 and 1946 from the relationship between the local women and Afro-American soldiers.
Her Husband (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 3")
Once episodios vagamente unidos en cinco capítulos. La tonalidad del film va de la sátira vitriólica a las viñetas cuasi antropológicas. Todos los aspectos de la italianidad de la época son cuestionados, burlados o diseccionados con mirada divertida pero crítica: usos, costumbres, personajes, instituciones, etc.
Vieri de' Cerchi
Una mini-serie de televisión sobre la vida de Dante.
Diversos episodios que muestran hasta qué punto pueden llegar los personajes para conquistar "I soldi", "los cuartos" o "la pasta".
Antonio (segment "Giochi acerbi")
Seis episodios sobre otras tantas formas de matar a alguien y salir bien librado.
commissario Marascalco
Unos delincuentes de poca monta atracan un banco disfrazados de sacerdotes. En su fuga, se topna con un grupo de sacerdotes de verdad, y después con la policía.
Florence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist ideals — instilled by Millo, a father figure and family friend in love with Bruno's widowed mother Ivana — are an obstacle. His relationship with Lori, a beautiful and tormented young woman who has just returned from Milan, reshapes his convictions. Freely adapted from a minor novel by Vasco Pratolini.
Sermonti
Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.
Azer, Barbarian Leader
En la guerra entre Roma y Armenia, el brujo Aderbab crea un ejército de fantasmas, haciendo uso de sus conocimientos de magia negra. El centurión romano Gaius será enviado por Roma para investigar el caso y enfrentarse a ellos.
Micheluzzi
En 1941 un submarino italiano trató de burlar el bloqueo aliado y cruzar el estrecho de Gibraltar. Seriamente dañado por el ataque de un navío inglés, tiene que fondear en Tanger y convivir con sus enemigos.
Conmovedora historia sobre Edda Ciano, la hija del dictador italiano Mussolini, que fue incapaz de evitar la ejecución de su marido por los nazis.
A film directed by Nick Nostro
avvocato Rossetti
Un hombre se despierta en un hospital, pero no recuerda su pasado porque sufre de amnesia. Una mujer le reconoce en una foto del periódico. Le asegura que es su marido y se lo lleva consigo, para irse a vivir a su casa. Pero pronto aparece otra dama que también es supuestamente su esposa.
De Simone
A thriller with Jack Palance as a nazi doctor hiding after the war. While riding on a train, he is recognized by former prisoners.
Orazio
Orazio Menicotti is a night policeman in Rome. One night he is present at a quarrel between husband and wife and he volunteers to take the wife to the Police Station. While he goes around Rome with the blonde and beautiful woman, a bank is robbed.
Il commissario
A clerk has had a picture taken during W.W.I with the future Italian dictator Mussolini and tries to exploit the situation pretending he is a dear friend of his. When he finds out who Mussolini really is he changes his mind and goes back to his bleak life.
Professor Marcello Rossi
A cinematographic account of the reprisal ordered by the ruthless Austrian colonel Kappler in 1944 in Rome. In Via Rasella (Rasella Street) ten Italian civilians were sentenced to death for each German soldier killed in a partisan attempt.
Al comisario Nardelli le han encargado capturar al peligroso bandido Mazzarò, que en Sicilia ha matado a un notario y ha secuestrado a una niña. Para lograr capturarlo tendrá que vigilar a Maria, que es la amante del barón, y al mismo tiempo del bandido. Nardelli contará con la ayuda del perro policía Dox.
Sir Rutford
Harald, el rey de los vikingos, muere durante una batalla contra los britanos. Uno de sus dos hijos, Eron, es puesto a salvo, mientras que el otro, Erik, es adoptado por Alicia, la reina de Britania. Veinte años después, Eron encabeza la ofensiva vikinga contra los britanos y, por otro lado, Erik está al mando de la flota real de Britania. Los dos jóvenes desconocen su verdadera historia y se enfrentarán para defender sus respectivos bandos.
Ortona - father of Giulia
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.
maresciallo Enrico Sorrentino
L'esponente comunista di Roma
Cuarta entrega de las aventuras de Don Camilo y el alcalde Peppone. Ahora Don Camilo ha sido nombrado monseñor, y Peppone es senador. Ambos coinciden en Roma, donde continúan sus cordiales diferencias. A modo de viñetas con la nostalgia por el terruño junto al Po al fondo, tienen intereses comunes como en la boda del hijo de Peppone, que oficiará don Camilo, o el acuerdo sobre la capilla de la Virgen del Borghetto.
Morello
Alfredo Martelli, un joven anticuario de turbio pasado, es detenido por la policía. Tras ser sometido a un interrogatorio de varias horas, el Comisario Palumbo le comunica que es el principal sospechoso de la muerte de Adalgisa De Matteis, una de sus acaudaladas amantes. Durante su estancia en la comisaría, evoca diversos episodios de su sórdido pasado y llega a la conclusión de que él es el responsable de lo que le está pasando.
Sor Egisto
El marido de Ottavia se fue a Japón 18 años antes y nunca ha tenido noticias de él. Se considera viuda, peor un día aparece una joven japonesa y le anuncia que es hija natural de su marido.
Un hombre acosado por un acreedor decide contratar los servicios de un asesino a sueldo para quitárselo de encima.
un fasciste
Año 1943. Italia durante los nueve meses de ocupación alemana. Cesira es una mujer que vive en Roma con su hija Rosetta, una adolescente de 13 años. Ante el avance de la guerra, decide huir de la capital y refugiarse en casa de unos parientes, en los montes de Ciociaria, donde es muy bien recibida. La vida discurre serena lejos del frente. La bella Cesira conoce a Michele, un joven intelectual que quiere ser partisano y que, enamorado de ella, intenta atraerla a la causa de la libertad.
Pharmacist
1943. The affair between Anna, unhappily married to wheelchair-bound Pino, and deserter Franco unfolds in foggy Ferrara, intertwining with the power struggle taking place within local Fascist ranks that culminates in a massacre of civilians, including Franco's father – Pino sees it all from his window, but will he tell anyone?
Berg
El asesinato del reportero de televisión Peter Berg no es un hecho aislado. El clarividente Cornelius ha tenido una visión del crimen, pero por alguna extraña razón no ha podido ver al asesino. Como el hotel Luxor parece estar relacionado con los asesinatos, la policía intensifica la investigación en sus alrededores. Una terrible sospecha empieza a cobrar forma: el doctor Mabuse, un genio del crimen que pretendía dominar el mundo y a quien todos habían dado por muerto, quizá no lo esté.
Dr. Choma Kruvajan / Dr. Thomas Kruvajan
Durante la Edad Media, la Inquisición rusa condena a muerte a una pareja de amantes que practican la brujería y los ejecuta poniéndoles una máscara con púas en su interior. Siglos después, sus ataúdes son encontrados y abiertos por dos viajeros. Al retirar las máscaras de los cadáveres, los brujos vuelven a la vida y siembran el pánico entre los habitantes del lugar.
Ingegner Rocchetti
Las desventuras de dos maduros seductores, que han alquilado un apartamento para sus andanzas.
Francesco
Guido es un trabajador soltero, de casa al trabajo y del trabajo a casa, compensa la monotonía cotidiana teniendo sueños en los que satisface sus aspiraciones secretas. Comedia amarga con ambiciones de sátira social.
Commissioner
An Italian drama directed by Leopoldo Savona.
Delfo
Cuando los bárbaros provenientes de las tierras que hay más allá de los Alpes penetran en la península itálica y caen sobre la pequeña y pacífica población de Verona matando a buena parte de sus habitantes, no saben que despertarán la venganza de Emiliano, inmiscuyéndose entre los planes de conquista, las intrigas y las traiciones de los bárbaros, mientras lucha por la libertad de su pueblo.
Il direttore della fotografia
Una joven pareja de actores de una compañía de segunda se separan cuando él se va a Roma para triunfar en el cine.
avvocato Arnaldo Guglielmi
Gabriella, a maid, wears a jewel at a dancing party which belongs to her mistress, and when it is stolen she is accused of the theft and sent to jail. Some other maids organize a search party for the real thief who seems to be a moustached youth who continually sings a popular song.
Marisa's Father
Two teenagers are late for school so they decide to spend the day together.
dottor Giuliani
Marco and Luciana are married and in love, but the passion of Marco for football distract him, and make him impossible to keep a job for a long time: that's why the young couple keeps arguing.
gioielliere Bertinori
Desiderio is a gentleman thief who steals jewelry. Without him knowing, he is hired as a manager in the jewelry store of Gabriele Bertinori, and with this position he plans to rob the place.
Sergio
Un joven en el paro mantiene relaciones con la amante de un rico industrial. Con el fin de sustraerla a su protector, decide cometer un atraco en compañía de un amigo...
Don Diego Garletto
The wife of a conductor with a stormy past agrees to meet a blackmailer in a small hotel.
Uno degli ex alunni
Cap. Rovi
Krikorian
The underworld of Cairo is alerted to certain moves of various people in the search for Rommel's treasure. Some are intent on the valuables, while others seek only the documents. The searchers, each working for individual reasons, are: von Brunner, an ex-officer of Rommel's staff who seeks the treasure to aid families of the fallen; Wells, a famous American news photographer out for a scoop; Mrs. Fischer, owner of a luxury riverboat nightclub, who seeks the documents for a foreign power, and Krikorian, pretending to be helping Mrs. Fischer but is really interested in making what he can for himself. Sofia, a cabaret star for Mrs. Fischer, is in love with von Brmmer and unwittingly endangers her life when Mrs. Fischer discovers she is helping von Brunner in his quest.
dottor Maurizio Mancini
Alberto Serpieri
A doctor saves a girl from suicide and marries her out of pity. Soon the evil man who had pushed her to the limit taking advantage of her re-enters her life. The ensuing crisis will help the newlyweds overcome their differences and start a fresh, better new life.
Franco
A lawyer, married but temporarily alone at home, finds himself in the house a beautiful lady who tries to escape from her jealous husband. Fascinated by the beauty of the unexpected guest, the lawyer is determined to conquer her, in vain. But when the woman leaves, she discovers that she has been stolen some money.
Frank
Captain Marrest
En el umbral de la Revolución, dos hermanas adoptivas, Henrietta y Louise Girard, se enfrentan a las dificultades de la vida. La primera es secuestrada por un noble malvado y celoso de su sobrino, la segunda, ciega, está siendo explotada y obligada a mendigar por una prostituta.
Himself
Antonio
"Elena" cannot marry the man she loves, so enters into a loveless marriage with the wealthy "Andrea". Gradually she falls in love with him, but he never reciprocates. Things become further complicated when a letter from her first love "Carlo" is discovered.
The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and unruly bear much disorder as anger Marshal Nero.
Roberto
The adventures of Roberto, an heroic Italian soldier from Trieste during World War One.
Andrea Mari
Carlo
Comienza con tres pequeñas historias: "El beso", "Los enamorados" y "Disculpe, pero..." Los episodios principales son:
"Mara" con Danièle Delorme e Yves Montand. Una prostituta se enamora y decide cambiar de vida.
"El niño" con Lea Padovani y Marcello Mastroianni. Unos padres desesperados por la pobreza deciden abandonar a su hijo pero no saben dónde.
"Escena en abierto" con Vittorio De Sica y Elisa Cegani. Un actor y una actriz muy mayores se vuelven a ver después de varios años.
"Casa ajena" con Michel Simon y Sylvie. Un párroco intenta convencer a una anciana para que no se suicide.
"Don Corradino". Vittorio De Sica interpreta a un conductor de autobús napolitano que no permitirá que el reglamento de la empresa interfiera en sus conquistas amorosas.
"La cámara de fotos". Totò interpreta a un vividor que trata de seducir a Sophia Loren con la excusa de hacerle una foto.
Gabriele
Película dividida en cinco episodios. "El amor romántico (1900") narra la historia de un joven pianista, que tiene que dejar a su amada para realizar una gira de conciertos. Durante su ausencia, la tía de la joven trata de encontrar un partido mejor para su sobrina.
"Guerra (1915-1918)". La intervención de Italia en la I Guerra Mundial separa a una pareja de recién casados cuando esperan la llegada de su primer hijo.
"Dopoguerra (1920)". Un militante fascista de provincias llega a la capital para participar con los "camisas negras" de Mussolini en la Marcha sobre Roma (1922). Durante el recorrido tendrá un encuentro inesperado.
"Napoli, 1943". Una hermosa historia de amor surge en un refugio napolitano, en el que la población se protege de los bombardeos.
"Girandola, 1910". Historia bufa que narra las vicisitudes de un médico que recurre a sus malas artes para ayudar a sus clientes en problemas amorosos.
Giorgio
El ataque de la marina italiana a la marina británica anclada en Creta, en 1941.
Coming of age, a girl is told the truth about her dead father: he is alive, but imprisoned for several crimes he did not commit... With the help of an old noble lady and a young count (who doubles as a daring sea captain), she will fight for the truth, and justice. Her opponent is the State Town's Inquisitor himself, who set her father's up to escape his own crimes.
Gianni Franchi
By a twist of fate, the photogenic Milanese shop assistant, Clara Manni, gets the leading role in Italian movie producer Gianni Franchi's romantic drama, "Addio Signora", and becomes an overnight sensation in Rome.
Camillo
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
Regista
The engineer
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.
Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "John Wolff") West German/Italian romantic action adventure war thriller.
Il commissario Constantini
A luckless young teacher it's suspected of committing two murders. When his lover begins to have doubt about his innocence, he seems to be doomed.
Gianciotto Malatesta
The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.
Pietro Pietramala
Giuseppe
Un hombre, que es buscado por un crimen pasional, abandona su escondite a bordo de un barco para buscar ayuda médica en Génova. (FILMAFFINITY)
Ariè
Two Jews and their former British comrade land on opposite sides of the Palestine issue following World War II.
Ivan
Alberto
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.
capitano Rastelli
A mob boss seeks refuge from the police at the home of an ordinary family.
Andrea Viscardi
Il giovane
In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée while fighting in the war. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave house together for a night full of misadventures. In a streets of Rome they meet the struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts to street life; a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”. Thieves, gamblers, hookers, policemen, soldiers and endless chain of cigarette-smoking and alcohol/espresso-drinking.
Rocco
Roberto
A young music teacher, after her house is burned down by a raid, has to go to a refugee camp with her old and sick mother. She is forced to sell everything she owns, while she is looking for a job as a singer. One night, tired and frustrated, she meets a man who invites her out for a drink. She accepts the invitation, stunned by the bunch of banknotes in his wallet. The man takes her to his room at the hotel Luna and seduces her. Before leaving, she robs him of his money and then walks hastily home, but in the meantime her mother has died. She meets a young maestro, who wants her to sing his songs. She seems to begin a happy, though hard, life together with the young maestro who wishes to marry her. The wicked man suddenly reappears and menaces to reveal their old encounter and that she is a thief, but he is later killed. The unfortunate lady is suspected of the crime, but at the end she is cleared of it and she can happily marry her maestro
Bruno
When her sweetheart Bruno joins the Italian army, Gina, bored by her lack of social life, weds Tullio. She comes to regret her decision when Tullio proves to be a Nazi collaborationist. Casting her lot with the Resistance movement, Gina is forced into a difficult decision when the safety of ex-lover Bruno is endangered by the treachery of Tullio.
Il giovane sottotenente
Ten episodes, one for each of the Ten Commandments. Lost film.
Roberto
Giulio
L'avvocato Fabrizio Arcieri
Emma, who is married to lawyer Giulio Scarli, is secretly in love with Fabrizio Arcieri, who works with her husband.
Peter Grundel
Il capitano Roberto Capece
Giacinto Magnenzio
Corrado Silla
A nineteenth-century Italian noblewoman, imprisoned in a foreboding lakeside palazzo by her uncle, comes to believe she's possessed by a long ago mistress of the manor.
Carlo Massani
Baldo Princivalli
Bruno Bellini
Una joven sola y embarazada recibe la ayuda de un caballero que se hace pasar por su marido para ser presentado a la familia de ella como tal.
Checco
Nanni
Released from jail, Nanni punches prison guard Stefano who has denounced him. In order to take revenge, Stefano suggests the suspicion that, during his absence, his wife has had business with the Count Paolo. A few days later, at night, a deadly ambush will be prepared. Based on the novel The Trap (1928) by Toscan Delfino Cinelli.
Mattia Cintra
A crime novel writer is experiencing writer's block while writing his latest book. Then a woman is murdered in his home, and this crime gives him inspiration to finish his novel. Without noticing, he even founds the real culprit.
Il professor Marini
Piero
commediografo
Un joven de provincia, autor teatral, consigue que una compañía represente un trabajo suyo. Lo consigue tanto porque su tío es rico, como porque está enamorado de la hija del protagonista. Pero su tío, que quiere truncar sus aspiraciones cómicas, intentará arruinar la obra.
Horseman at the Luna Park
Perro
Dos jóvenes alumnos de la Academia Militar de Toledo, de permiso en Madrid, reciben la noticia de la sublevación militar del general Franco. Temerosos de la situación en la capital, deciden presentarse ante su superior en la Academia y ponerse a sus órdenes, lo que hace que se trasladen a Toledo y decidan apoyar desde allí a los facciosos, estableciendo su cuartel general en el Alcázar.
Giorgio Albini
Maurizio
In a massive department store the driver romances the shopgirl. The problem is that the manager also has his eye on her, and some employees seem to be pilfering goods from the place.
Alberto
Venice Film Festival 1939
Extra in ball scene
No hay una sinopsis.
L'operaio della piantagione
Venice Film Festival 1938
Ten. Binelli
Successful WWI pilot Luciano Serra has problems adjusting to an ordinary life in peace, so he leaves his family and becomes a pilot in America. In the 30s, his son in Italy wants also to become a pilot, and Luciano accepts an offer of a double dealing agent for a flight from Rio to Rome, but his plane crashes in the Atlantic. For the world Luciano Serra is missing, but he has entered the Italian army under a new name to fight in Ethiopia. The train in which his unit travels is attacked by Ethiopian soldiers, his son flying a reconasaince mission is shot down and wounded by the same attacking enemies. Will Luciano be able to fly the plane back, to get close air support for the outnumbered Italian troups?
attendente del duca
Zoroastro (uncredited)
This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.
Lorenzo
Venice Film Festival 1935
Pompeo
There were very few commercial feature films made during the Italian fascist era that were as openly propagandistic as this famous (notorious?) dramatic paean to the Blackshirts. The story takes place in a small village in Italy in October of 1922, on the eve of the fascist "March on Rome", in which King Victor Emanuel III was persuaded to consign power to Benito Mussolini. Gianfranco Giachetti is Dr. Cardini, a doctor at the local psychiatric hospital, where a strike has been called by the local socialists. Cardini turns to the fascists to help avert the strike. His son Roberto (Mino Doro) rounds up fascist friends to fight those aligned with the strikers and the town's socialists.
un soldato
The story is the harried attempt of a Sicilian partisan, as part of the risorgimento, to reach Garibaldi's headquarters in Northern Italy, and to petition the revered revolutionary to rescue part of his besieged land. Along the way, the peasant hero encounters many colorful Italians, differing in class and age, and holding political opinions of every type. There is a key train scene, and the film ends on the battlefield, Italian unification a success, despite brutal losses.
Un amico di Roberto
Adaptación de la novela homónima de Salvatore Gotta. Narra la desdichada y rocambolesca vida de la estrella de cine Gaby Doriot (Isa Miranda). Tras un intento fallido de suicidio, es ingresada en un hospital, donde bajo los efectos de la anestesia empieza a rememorar su pasado y sus desventuradas y trágicas relaciones amorosas. Tras escapar de la Alemania Nazi, Max Ophüls se estableció definitivamente en Francia. Ésta es su única película italiana. Tras varios años de ostracismo, la figura de Max Ophüls está siendo rehabilitada por parte de críticos y aficionados al cine.
