Alba Arnova

A tour of the nightlife in Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Vienna, Brussels and more. Episodes presenting famous artists and people performing.

The Mighty Crusaders (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata) is a 1957 film about the First Crusade, based on the 16th-century Italian poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.

In colonial Buenos Aires a widow marries a condemned man out of spite.

Cinematic version of Rossini's opera in which Count Almaviva wins the heart of beautiful Rosina with the help of Figaro, the barber of Seville.

A great dancer, unable to continue dancing, takes as a disciple a girl who wants to succeed.

Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.

A musical comedy divided into five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli and Il Censore.

Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.

Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.

At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.

Guido and Cristina fall in love, but she is betrothed to a solider. When he is reported killed they hope to marry, but his reappearance without his limbs makes matters difficult for all concerned.

Gianna, a young radio singer, marries Giulio, director of a travel agency. Soon after, they welcome a child. The tranquility of their family life is deeply disturbed by the arrival in Rome of a French tourist, Giselle, who falls madly in love with Giulio. He reciprocates her feelings and becomes her lover. Gianna separates from her husband and devotes her attention to the child, while Giulio begins to live with Giselle. But the thought of his family leads Giulio to ponder severing ties with his lover. Unexpectedly, Giselle's lifeless body is found in Giulio's apartment. Evidence points to Giulio's guilt, so he attempts to escape abroad. Giulio is involved in a car accident close to the border, nearly killing him. In the hospital, it is revealed that Giselle was killed by her former Parisian lover. Healed of his serious wounds, Giulio returns to the affection of his wife and little daughter.

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome and, together, they dream they are back in Rome in the days of Nero.

롤로타 부인(엠마 그라마티카 분)은 야채 밭에 물을 주다가 갓 태어난 아이를 발견한다. 부인은 이 아이를 정성껏 기르지만, 노환으로 아이가 6살이 될 무렵 돌아가시고, 이 아이, 토토는 고아원으로 보내진다. 성인이 된 토토(프란체스카 골리사노 분)는 고아원에서 나와 일거리를 찾기 위해 밀라노의 번화가로 간다. 모두를 향해 반갑게 인사하는 토토에게 호감을 갖는 이도, 친절을 베푸는 사람도 없다. 밤이 되도록 방황하던 토토는 어느 노인이 도둑질 하는 장면을 목격하고, 그를 잡으려고 쫓아간다. 눈물을 흘리며 애원하는 노인을 보고 마음이 측은해진 토토는 노인에게 가방을 가져가라고 한다. 노인은 잠자리를 구하지 못한 토토를 자신의 판잣집으로 초대한다. 그곳에서 밤을 보내고 아침이 되어 둘러본 판잣촌은 바람만 불어도 날아갈 정도로 형편없었고, 토토는 이들을 위해 새로운 집을 지어 주기로 한다. 거기에서 에비지(Edvige)라는 여인을 보고 한 눈에 사랑에 빠진다. 집들이 거의 완성이 됐을 무렵, 광장 한 가운데서 석유가 뿜어져 나오고, 땅 주인인 모비(Mobbi)는 공권력을 동원하여 토토와 판잣촌 사람들을 쫓아내려고 한다. 그 순간 하늘에서 롤로타 부인의 영혼이 나타나 토토에게 소원을 들어주는 신비한 비둘기를 선물한다. 토토는 이 비둘기로 사람들의 온갖 소원들을 들어주는데, 어느 순간 비둘기가 사라진다. 그 사이 땅 주인은 판잣촌을 장악하고, 토토와 사람들을 감옥에 집어넣는다. 갇혀있는 사람들을 보고 마음 아파하는 토토에게 롤로타 부인은 비둘기를 다시 보내주고, 토토는 사람들을 자유롭게 해 달라고 소원을 빈다.

Roaming the vast jungles of Congo with his best friend, Bongo the gorilla, Antonio della Buffas, a mysterious man whom the natives call the "white monkey", is utterly unaware that he is the long-lost son of a wealthy explorer. Then, three opportunists manage to capture and bring the white savage to civilisation, bent on getting their hands on his immense fortune.

A man drives his car off a cliff in an apparent suicide. One insurance investigator is not so sure it was an accident or suicide and gets 48 hours to prove his case.

In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.

Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.