John
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
이제 막 결혼식을 마친 신혼부부 이반과 완다는 로마 근교로 신혼여행을 떠난다. 그런데 완다는 로마에 도착하자마자 자신이 좋아하는 소설의 주인공 ‘백인 추장’을 찾아 무작정 길을 나선다. 한 부부의 짧은 여행담으로 당시 이탈리아 사회의 분위기와 불안정한 심리를 담아낸다. 1952년 베니스영화제 경쟁부문 상영
Lo Sposo
In the prison of San Vittore there is, among other detainees, a strange type that they call "Il Cavaliere". The latter suffers a conviction for theft and his fellow prisoners have a certain respect for him.
Il sergente americano
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
Writer
The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
Fabio
