Maria Rosada

A documentary about Sicily and its peculiar customs, with an emphasis on religious rites and the clash of modernity versus traditional values.

Having been assigned by his publisher to write a biography of Omar Sivori, the great footballer, Ugo Sanfelice heads for Torino. Given he is not very knowledgeable about soccer, Ugo tries -several times but in vain - to obtain an appointment from Sivori. Forced to fall back upon persons being or having been in contact with the elusive star, he gets to know young forward-center Moretti and soon becomes friendly with him. The young man confides in him and tells him the whole truth about his own "career" : the training in a small provincial team, the promising debut alongside Sivori, the desertion of his fiancée, the premature decline due to a dissolute life. When Sanfelice finally meets Sivori, he finds that the star is no match - humanely at least - for Moretti and he gives up writing the book at all.

Short documentary about pagan rites in the countryside.

A poor fisherman entrusts his children Piero and Nino for money to the Frenchman Neroni who recruits young men to work in his glass factory.

Cesare Mancini es un conductor de tranvía que vive en Bolonia. Un día golpea accidentalmente a una mujer en una bicicleta, el accidente le cuesta a Cesare el descenso a un vendedor de boletos.

El noble Rainiero, hijo del duque de Sidonia, vuelve a casa en compañía de su amigo Renzo. Nada más llegar, el caracter de Renzo chocará con las costumbres locales y se verá implicado en un tremendo lío, que no tendrá mas que dos posibles salidas: matrimonio o ingreso en prisión.

El cómico francés Fernandel encarna a Don Camilo, y Gino Cervi a Peppone, personajes creados por el escritor italiano Giovanni Guareschi. En Brescello, una pueblo del valle del Po, los conflictos y enfrentamientos entre Don Camilo, el párroco local, y Peppone, el alcalde comunista, son constantes. (FILMAFFINITY)

Carlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father opposes the wedding. World War I breaks out and Carlo is killed while Yvonne has a son, but on orders from Carlo's father, she is told he is dead. Her career descends and only Nino, an art partner, remains close to her and helps her earn her living by singing in taverns.

One of the most famous movie stars of the moment has a problem with his car. The actor is obliged to stop in a provincial hotel, where he finds himself surrounded by his admirers.

This propaganda film was partly inspired by the story of the first Italian heavyweight champion Primo Carnera who, after winning the title with Al Capone’s help in 1933, was beaten the following year by the Jewish Max Bear and then again by the ‘Brown Bomber’ Detroit Joe Lewis in June 1935, on the eve of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. This match provoked numerous racial skirmishes on the streets of Harlem between the Black community and pro-Fascist Italian-Americans. The film overturns historical facts and here, obviously, it is the white boxer who wins in order to demonstrate the superiority of the “Aryan Italians” over the “sinister Jewish entrepreneurs” and the “savage Afro-American fans in Yankee Stadium”. In the film, these were played by South African prisoners-of-war interred in a work camp, which the German and Italian propaganda ministries had set up near Cinecittà “for cinematic purposes”.

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.

Venice Film Festival 1942

Alberto está felizmente casado con Maria. Un día recibe una llamada errónea que provocará una serie de malentendidos con su esposa.

A una famosa cantante le roban el bolso durante una visita a unos grandes almacenes, donde Julio, el director, es famoso por las conquistas galantes.