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Ermanno Olmi has returned to documentary filmmaking and makes a journey through valleys, living rocks and the culture of the Valtellina hillsides.
Self (archive footage)
Sentido homenaje en clave documental del director Mario Monicelli al compositor Nino Rota (creador, entre otras, de la mítica banda sonora de "El padrino"), con quien trabajó en más de una decena de películas.
Sè stesso - Torino
Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.
Director
Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.
Additional Writing
Cuenta los primeros 22 capítulos del Génesis: la creación del mundo, la expulsión del hombre del Paraíso Terrenal, la expansión del Pueblo de Dios por la faz de la Tierra, el Diluvio Universal o la destrucción de Sodoma y Gomorra.
Self
Director
Director
La acción se centra a finales del siglo XIX. Policarpo De Tappetti es un calígrafo que trabaja a las órdenes de Don César Pancarano de Rondò. Desde hace muchísimos años, Policarpo busca un ascenso y un aumento de sueldo que nunca llegó, y, por lo que parece, nunca llegará. Cierto día, Jerónimo, el hijo de Don César, conoce a Celeste, la hija de Policarpo, y se enamora de ella. Policarpo ve en esa relación la solución a sus aspiraciones en el trabajo, y hace todo lo que está en su mano para que dicha relación fructifique. Don César, que presume de ser Conde, ve con muy malos ojos que su hijo se vea con una chica de tan diferente posición social, y hace justamente todo lo contrario... (FILMAFFINITY)
Author
Mario Soldati accompanies us once again, after the journey in the Po valley, in search of genuine foods, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch. Cesare Zavattini tells about the typical Christmas dishes of his region. The broadcast aired on December 17, 1958.
Director
Mario Soldati accompanies us once again, after the journey in the Po valley, in search of genuine foods, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch. Cesare Zavattini tells about the typical Christmas dishes of his region. The broadcast aired on December 17, 1958.
Mario Soldati accompanies us once again, after the journey in the Po valley, in search of genuine foods, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch. Cesare Zavattini tells about the typical Christmas dishes of his region. The broadcast aired on December 17, 1958.
Screenplay
Mario Soldati accompanies us in search of genuine food, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch, with Father Mariano, Cesare Zavattini, the shoemaker Angelo Gatto, the baroness Aurelia Michetti and the General Lorenzo De Grandi.
Idea
Mario Soldati accompanies us in search of genuine food, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch, with Father Mariano, Cesare Zavattini, the shoemaker Angelo Gatto, the baroness Aurelia Michetti and the General Lorenzo De Grandi.
Director
Mario Soldati accompanies us in search of genuine food, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch, with Father Mariano, Cesare Zavattini, the shoemaker Angelo Gatto, the baroness Aurelia Michetti and the General Lorenzo De Grandi.
Himself
Mario Soldati accompanies us in search of genuine food, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch, with Father Mariano, Cesare Zavattini, the shoemaker Angelo Gatto, the baroness Aurelia Michetti and the General Lorenzo De Grandi.
Screenplay
Screenplay
Director
Director
The Provence, somewhere in the 1950's. Paul Verdier, traveling salesman, leaves his home and his quarrelsome wife for his weekly round. On the train he meets a young woman, Marie, who looks a little lost. No wonder. Marie is pregnant but lacks the customary husband. She's returning to her village but is not exactly looking forward to the confrontation with her parents and the villagers, all pretty conservative people. After getting to know Paul a little better (for which there is ample time during the trip by train and bus) Marie decides to ask Paul to act as her husband, just to allay the suspicions of her family. After some hesitating Paul accepts, charmed by the girl and unaware of the complications such is bound to cause to his own life.
Screenplay
Adaptación de la novela homónima de Leon Tolstoi. En el año 1805 Napoleón amenaza con invadir Rusia. Pierre Bezukhov es un intelectual pacifista y ocioso, hijo natural de un noble. Cuando estalla la guerra, se mantiene al margen de la contienda y frecuenta la casa de sus amigos los Rostov, una acogedora familia aristocrática, en la que brilla por su encanto y generosidad Natasha.
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La joven Nives vive sola en una casa junto al río. En su trabajo, el dicharachero Bruno trata inútilmente de conquistarla.
Director
La joven Nives vive sola en una casa junto al río. En su trabajo, el dicharachero Bruno trata inútilmente de conquistarla.
Screenplay
A young husband is persuaded to move his new bride into an old palace that is supposedly haunted.But the so called ghost is really the bride's former lover who is stalking her on the premises.
Screenplay
Basada en cuatro relatos de Luigi Pirandello; "La tinaja", "El abanico", "El certificado" y "Un frac estrecho".
Director
Basada en cuatro relatos de Luigi Pirandello; "La tinaja", "El abanico", "El certificado" y "Un frac estrecho".
Director
Eight-year-old Roger Court is in Venice expecting to reunite with his father, British diplomat Major Court (Trevor Howard), whom he hasn't seen in three years. Roger lives with his Aunt Rose since his mother abandoned him.
Writer
Screenplay
Gemma, la hija del dueño de una pensión, está enamorada de su medio hermano, pero como no pueden casarse, termina esposándose con un profesor al que no ama. Pronto Gemma traiciona a su marido, siendo chantajeada por ello por una condesa rumana que la obliga a convertirse en prostituta...
Director
Gemma, la hija del dueño de una pensión, está enamorada de su medio hermano, pero como no pueden casarse, termina esposándose con un profesor al que no ama. Pronto Gemma traiciona a su marido, siendo chantajeada por ello por una condesa rumana que la obliga a convertirse en prostituta...
Director
Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.
Director
The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the count and sends his three sons in the Antilles. The ship is attacked by pirates and the three brothers are liberated. They decide to join the pirates to have revenge on Van Gould, who has also moved to the Antilles on the command of the viceroy.
Director
Raimundo es un joven tímido y miedoso incapaz incluso de llevar a cabo un matrimonio. Lo curioso es que por sus venas corre la sangre del legendario Zorro, su lejano antepasado. Decidido a entrar en un convento, un día sufrirá un golpe en la cabeza que despertará en él la fuerza y la virtud propia de su dinastía.
Screenplay
En la época de Luis XIV en la frontera entre Francia y Saboya, el soldado Mandrin, acusado injustamente de contrabando de tabaco, se escapa y se hace jefe de una banda de contrabandistas.
Director
En la época de Luis XIV en la frontera entre Francia y Saboya, el soldado Mandrin, acusado injustamente de contrabando de tabaco, se escapa y se hace jefe de una banda de contrabandistas.
Director
Dos marineros americanos, Fiorello y Jimmy, se duermen mientras están en Roma y sueñan que están en la época de Nerón.
Director
A naive clerk finds himself involved in the theft of a ring containing a dangerous liquid.
Screenplay
Fray Diablo y su banda luchan, a finales del siglo XVIII, a favor del rey Fernando de Borbón, contra el ejército napoleónico
Story
Fray Diablo y su banda luchan, a finales del siglo XVIII, a favor del rey Fernando de Borbón, contra el ejército napoleónico
Director
Fray Diablo y su banda luchan, a finales del siglo XVIII, a favor del rey Fernando de Borbón, contra el ejército napoleónico
Il ragioner Spasiani
A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker
Screenplay
While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.
Director
While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.
Director
Good-natured and devout, a French house painter takes the train to Rome, where he has decided to go on a pilgrimage. There he meets a scatterbrained dresser who has been assigned by a music hall star to bring her the gown she is to wear on stage. The two men get stolen by Cleo, a charming thief. Once in Rome, the painter finds himself penniless and the dresser without the gown...
Screenplay
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime crimes.
Story
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime crimes.
Director
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime crimes.
Stiffi (uncredited)
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime crimes.
Director
Short film made for the catholic church.
Editor
The film follows the struggles of an idealistic Catholic politician.
Writer
The film follows the struggles of an idealistic Catholic politician.
Director
The film follows the struggles of an idealistic Catholic politician.
During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.
Writer
Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Eugenia's inexperience leads her to fall in love with an unworthy man.
Director
Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Eugenia's inexperience leads her to fall in love with an unworthy man.
Director
The ordinary life of the prudent employee Mr. Travet accelerates as he and her wife meet his new chief.
Screenplay
La historia trata sobre Giorgio (Serato), quien es mantenido por una mujer de clase alta y vive un estilo de vida mucho más allá de sus medios. Conoce y se enamora de la joven y virtuosa Isabel (Benetti), y con el fin de impresionarla y mantener sus verdaderas circunstancias en secreto, alquila una villa y hace pasar a una pareja de actores por sus padres. Sin embargo, las cosas no irán del todo bien...
Director
La historia trata sobre Giorgio (Serato), quien es mantenido por una mujer de clase alta y vive un estilo de vida mucho más allá de sus medios. Conoce y se enamora de la joven y virtuosa Isabel (Benetti), y con el fin de impresionarla y mantener sus verdaderas circunstancias en secreto, alquila una villa y hace pasar a una pareja de actores por sus padres. Sin embargo, las cosas no irán del todo bien...
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.
Screenplay
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.
Director
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.
Screenplay
Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Sergei can't bring himself to kill his friend. He fires only after taking the bullet out of his pistol. Now, it is the Count's turn to fire...
Screenplay
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.
Director
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.
Screenplay
Franco, un hombre joven de ascendencia noble, decide casarse con Luisa, hija de un humilde oficinista, contra la voluntad de su abuela. Pero una terrible tragedia trastorna la vida de la pareja de recién casados: su pequeña hija Ombretta se ahoga en el lago de Como y Luisa va al borde de la locura.
Adaptation
Franco, un hombre joven de ascendencia noble, decide casarse con Luisa, hija de un humilde oficinista, contra la voluntad de su abuela. Pero una terrible tragedia trastorna la vida de la pareja de recién casados: su pequeña hija Ombretta se ahoga en el lago de Como y Luisa va al borde de la locura.
Director
Franco, un hombre joven de ascendencia noble, decide casarse con Luisa, hija de un humilde oficinista, contra la voluntad de su abuela. Pero una terrible tragedia trastorna la vida de la pareja de recién casados: su pequeña hija Ombretta se ahoga en el lago de Como y Luisa va al borde de la locura.
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Director
Writer
A humble girl looks so much alike a capricious movies star that she gets to replace her both on the set and in her private life. A remake of a French comedy from 5 years before.
Director
A humble girl looks so much alike a capricious movies star that she gets to replace her both on the set and in her private life. A remake of a French comedy from 5 years before.
Writer
An Italian industrialist who has made a fortune in America returns to Italy planning to make a film about a beautiful woman who smiled at him before he left his home country years before.
Director
An Italian industrialist who has made a fortune in America returns to Italy planning to make a film about a beautiful woman who smiled at him before he left his home country years before.
Writer
La huérfana de un minero fallecido en accidente laboral se casa con un hombre borracho y violento. (FILMAFFINITY)
Screenplay
The rich banker Rosen of Livorno fear that the Bonapartist will take all his gold, so he is hiding it inside a cuckoo clock.
Director
An adventuress serves as bait for a swindler, who robs the naive people she brings to him with poker. A childhood friend helps him.
Writer
An adventuress serves as bait for a swindler, who robs the naive people she brings to him with poker. A childhood friend helps him.
Writer
A film about the story of princess Élisabeth Tarakanova.
Director
A film about the story of princess Élisabeth Tarakanova.
Writer
A comedy poking fun at earlier 1930s American crime films: A society lady goes after a gang of outlaws and lands up becoming involved romantically with a gangster.
First Assistant Director
Vittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall, makes enough money out of his business to take a vacation at a fashionable resort. He is given a cruise ticket by an aristocrat who is an old school friend, and is mistaken for the aristocrat when he uses a camera that has his friends name on it. Assia Noris plays a maid who falls in love with him because of who he is and not who others think he is. Happy ending comes when De Sica marries Noris, who is more real than the pampered society belles he has been partying with.
Screenplay
Vittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall, makes enough money out of his business to take a vacation at a fashionable resort. He is given a cruise ticket by an aristocrat who is an old school friend, and is mistaken for the aristocrat when he uses a camera that has his friends name on it. Assia Noris plays a maid who falls in love with him because of who he is and not who others think he is. Happy ending comes when De Sica marries Noris, who is more real than the pampered society belles he has been partying with.
Screenplay
Based on a Pirandello play, Vittori De Sica plays a wealthy young social lion who has to constantly fight off a horde of women who are eager to marry him because of his position and money. He weds Elisa Cegani, a servant girl, who turns out to be a more appealing wife than any of the others could have been. Assis Noris decorates the screen well as one of the chasers and pursuers. In 1937, De Sica and Noris made a film, "II Signor Max," which, other than the setting and character role names, basically has the same plot as this film.
Screenplay
Bebe, a handsome and rich young man, is getting engaged with Letizia, a young heir to a noble family.
Story
Bebe, a handsome and rich young man, is getting engaged with Letizia, a young heir to a noble family.
Story
An Italian proprietor of a squalid Djibouti bar collaborated in selling arms to Ethiopians fighting his own country's invasion but after finding his long lost son on the Fascist front he decides to choose patriotism over selfish profit.
Screenplay
An Italian proprietor of a squalid Djibouti bar collaborated in selling arms to Ethiopians fighting his own country's invasion but after finding his long lost son on the Fascist front he decides to choose patriotism over selfish profit.
Screenplay
The homonymy of her husband with a criminal who has several murders on his conscience, committed in Canada, scaring the young wife who is a passionate reader of mystery novels and has a guilty conscience
First Assistant Director
In the huge steel factories in Terni (Umbria, Italy), two friends: Mario and Pietro, fight for the love of the same girl, Gina. Pietro dies because of a work accident at the factory. The other workers think Mario is responsible for the death of his friend. Mario, who is innocent, is forced to quit, but his love for Gina and his dedication to his job help him out of his crisis.
Writer
In the huge steel factories in Terni (Umbria, Italy), two friends: Mario and Pietro, fight for the love of the same girl, Gina. Pietro dies because of a work accident at the factory. The other workers think Mario is responsible for the death of his friend. Mario, who is innocent, is forced to quit, but his love for Gina and his dedication to his job help him out of his crisis.
Screenplay
Bruno, a chauffeur having some problem in keeping a job, meets one morning Mariuccia, a taxi driver’s daughter working as a perfumery’s shop assistant, and trying to impress her, pretending to be rich, uses his employer’s car to took her on a trip to the lakes, but things don’t work as planned and to conquer Mariuccia’s hearth won’t be so easy…
Screenplay
A bankrupt aristocrat tries to keep up appearances while his situation worsens. To top it off the life savings given to him by a beggar to invest has been mistakenly claimed by the aristocrat's altruist society for their annual Feast of the Poor.
