Ugo Pirro

A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers.

Documentary on actor Gian Maria Volonté

Set during the second world war, the sentimental education of a sensual adolescent girl, growing out of her childhood in a small, impoverished village in Southern Italy.

June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on the tragic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation: Rome, Open City .

June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on the tragic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation: Rome, Open City .

June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on the tragic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation: Rome, Open City .

The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Republic. He's strictly incorruptible, working hard and refusing even to shake hands with suspects. He then starts a number of investigations that lead him to touch the mafia power in the area, and then to personal war with the hidden organization.

A group of musicians, prostitutes, gamblers, and laborers, react to the arrival of a tango pianist at a saloon.

Set in 1960, the year of the Rome Olympics, a 13 year-old boy with aspirations to become an athlete befriends an ageing, disabled bus driver who understands his ambitions.

Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist gang ETA decides that he must die to prevent the dictatorship from continuing.

Despite the ongoing WW2, most of the people were just minding their own business. But everything changes when police arrests the group of youths under suspicion of being resistance sympathizers. Outraged townsfolk organize the siege of police station.

Mystery thriller, based on a novel by G. J. Arnaud.

Palermo, Sicily, November 1925. Cesare Mori, the new prefect of the city, soon to be known as the Iron Prefect, begins a ruthless war against the Mafia, a sinister organization that has subjugated the island for centuries, something that the dictator Benito Mussolini and the fascist authorities can no longer allow.

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. An English language lesson turns into a killing of a black dignitary of an embassy by a CIA agent and then into his own killing by another colleague. In a television film, the police are befooled by a fake bomb and put a real one in order not to be derided by the public. In a film inquisition show, the bishop of Naples speaks highly of the importance of the family, but a child who lives a miserable family life kills himself. In the debate that follows it is proposed that they should eat the children, as Swift had said. In the next episode, a general who is in the toilet is called for the NATO parade, but the flasher breaks and in his effort to fix it, he dirts allover and kills himself. In a children's show an inspector finds excuses and delays the arrest of a powerful man...

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. An English language lesson turns into a killing of a black dignitary of an embassy by a CIA agent and then into his own killing by another colleague. In a television film, the police are befooled by a fake bomb and put a real one in order not to be derided by the public. In a film inquisition show, the bishop of Naples speaks highly of the importance of the family, but a child who lives a miserable family life kills himself. In the debate that follows it is proposed that they should eat the children, as Swift had said. In the next episode, a general who is in the toilet is called for the NATO parade, but the flasher breaks and in his effort to fix it, he dirts allover and kills himself. In a children's show an inspector finds excuses and delays the arrest of a powerful man...

Rome, 1880. Gregorio Ferramonti (Anthony Quinn) has decided to close his bakery, the family business. Then he tells his sons Pippo (Gigi Proietti), Mario (Fabio Testi) and Teta that they will have to fend for themselves. But Irene (Dominique Sanda), the wife of Pippo, a beautiful, calculating and ambitious young woman, wants to take over the inheritance. Acting on intelligence, weighing every step and its consequences, she manages to convince the brothers that they must prevent at all costs that his father falls in love again to avoid the risk of losing their inheritance.

A quartet of young neo-Fascists terrorise the Milanise locals while the Police mostly look the other way.

The Milanese nudist professor Paolo Barca moved to the province of Catania; there he will succeed in changing something both in the school and in his character.

A colonel in the Army has a problem: when resting lying starts screaming anarchist and antimilitarist phrases. Because of his fitful sleep is therefore forced to sleep standing up.

Two factory workers living in Northern Italy form a romantic connection. The woman, torn between the freedoms of the North and her traditional Sicilian values, slowly allows herself to love...

Two factory workers living in Northern Italy form a romantic connection. The woman, torn between the freedoms of the North and her traditional Sicilian values, slowly allows herself to love...

In this period piece set in Italy, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some of his blood relations are high-ranking members of the Mafia. He tries to break away from his family obligations, but falls into a life of crime and violence.

In this period piece set in Italy, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some of his blood relations are high-ranking members of the Mafia. He tries to break away from his family obligations, but falls into a life of crime and violence.

젊은 회계사 토탈은 부자들에 대한 약간의 질투와 약간의 사상적 이유로 지금까지 자신을 억눌러 온 사회 질서를 거스르기로 한다. 돈에 알레르기가 있다며 일을 그만 둔 그는 도둑이 되기로 결심하고 아주 사소한, 상징적인 차원의 좀도둑질을 시작한다.

젊은 회계사 토탈은 부자들에 대한 약간의 질투와 약간의 사상적 이유로 지금까지 자신을 억눌러 온 사회 질서를 거스르기로 한다. 돈에 알레르기가 있다며 일을 그만 둔 그는 도둑이 되기로 결심하고 아주 사소한, 상징적인 차원의 좀도둑질을 시작한다.

The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The Partisans have no choice but to fight their way out of the encirclement and face the enemy on the plains of Sutjeska.

Roma.During a clash between demonstrating laborers (whose fight the students have joined) a policeman and a student are both killed. The investigating magistrate - in charge of the case with two commissioners - wants to believe to the version of the police: the student was killed by one of the laborers, while the policeman would have been killed by Massimo Trotti.

Roma.During a clash between demonstrating laborers (whose fight the students have joined) a policeman and a student are both killed. The investigating magistrate - in charge of the case with two commissioners - wants to believe to the version of the police: the student was killed by one of the laborers, while the policeman would have been killed by Massimo Trotti.

A conscientious factory worker gets his finger cut off by a machine. The accident causes him to become more involved in political and revolutionary groups.

A conscientious factory worker gets his finger cut off by a machine. The accident causes him to become more involved in political and revolutionary groups.

1930년대 말, 이탈리아의 작은 도시 페라라. 부유한 유태인 가문인 핀치 콘티니 가의 미콜과 알베르토는 저택에서 파티를 열고 테니스를 즐기며 평온한 나날을 보내고 있다. 무솔리니 정권 하에 민족차별법이 공표되고 전쟁이 임박하는 등 파시즘의 광풍이 몰아치는 가운데, 핀치 콘티니 가문은 세상과 동떨어져 궁전 같은 저택 안에서의 삶을 누린다. 미콜과 알베르토의 오랜 친구인 조르지오는 미콜을 열렬히 사랑하지만, 미콜은 조르지오에게 쉽게 마음을 내주지 않고 오히려 그의 친구인 말나테와 가까워진다. 유태인을 향한 박해는 점점 더 거세지고, 평화로울 것만 같던 이들의 삶에 위기가 닥치는데…

과대망상증에 사로잡힌 킬러는 성공한 로마 경찰 간부이다. 그는 매저키스트 성향이 있는 정부 아우구스타 테르찌와 살인 유희를 즐기곤 했다. 이들의 살인 유희는 점점 정도가 심해져 결국 킬러는 관계 중 아우구스타를 죽이게 된다. 주도 면밀한 계획 하에 살인을 저지른 그는 자신에게 혐의가 돌아올수 있도록 증거를 무수히 남긴채 그 곳을 나선다. 하지만 자신의 높은 지위를 과신한 킬러는 그것만으로는 만족할 수 없었던 나머지 자신에게 불리한 정황 증거를 더 만들어 내고 겁에 질린 부하들과 증인들을 우롱하는데...

과대망상증에 사로잡힌 킬러는 성공한 로마 경찰 간부이다. 그는 매저키스트 성향이 있는 정부 아우구스타 테르찌와 살인 유희를 즐기곤 했다. 이들의 살인 유희는 점점 정도가 심해져 결국 킬러는 관계 중 아우구스타를 죽이게 된다. 주도 면밀한 계획 하에 살인을 저지른 그는 자신에게 혐의가 돌아올수 있도록 증거를 무수히 남긴채 그 곳을 나선다. 하지만 자신의 높은 지위를 과신한 킬러는 그것만으로는 만족할 수 없었던 나머지 자신에게 불리한 정황 증거를 더 만들어 내고 겁에 질린 부하들과 증인들을 우롱하는데...

과대망상증에 사로잡힌 킬러는 성공한 로마 경찰 간부이다. 그는 매저키스트 성향이 있는 정부 아우구스타 테르찌와 살인 유희를 즐기곤 했다. 이들의 살인 유희는 점점 정도가 심해져 결국 킬러는 관계 중 아우구스타를 죽이게 된다. 주도 면밀한 계획 하에 살인을 저지른 그는 자신에게 혐의가 돌아올수 있도록 증거를 무수히 남긴채 그 곳을 나선다. 하지만 자신의 높은 지위를 과신한 킬러는 그것만으로는 만족할 수 없었던 나머지 자신에게 불리한 정황 증거를 더 만들어 내고 겁에 질린 부하들과 증인들을 우롱하는데...

Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents, and that is the lot of the working class in northern Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Metello fights his way out from his condition through hard work, a determined will to resist oppression inherited from his father, but also by taking advantage of his good looks when dealing with women. Metello progressively assumes an important role in the organization of an emerging workers movement, and attempts to conciliate his risky political activities with his private life.

After a wave of arrests in 1969, Italian anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli allegedly falls out of a police building window while being interrogated. The circumstances leading to his death are re-enacted in three hypothetical versions in this attempt at counter-investigation.

The film examines the death of the anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli, who fell from the fourth floor of the police headquarters in Milan December 15, 1969, after being stopped following the Piazza Fontana bombing.

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.

Sicily, 1865. Two peasants, Gramigna and his father are tricked by Baron Nardò and robbed of their field, which then the baron lets to Assunta, her daughter Gemma and her fiancé Ramarro. Determined to take revenge, Gramigna begins to hunt down Nardò's complicit mediators. Unbeknownst to Gramigna, Gemma, to escape her arranged marriage, goes after him. Love and violence will follow all till their desperate ends.

Christina Fisher arrives in Sardinia to spend a holiday with her university friend, Francesco. As they are touring the island, they are trapped by mountain terrorists. Francesco is kidnapped, but Christina is permitted to leave. She is determined to contact the police, but is persuaded not to by Francesco's best friend, Gambino. Together they try to find the kidnappers, but she becomes suspicious of everyone including Gambino. Confused and paranoid, she sets out alone to contact the police.

Christina Fisher arrives in Sardinia to spend a holiday with her university friend, Francesco. As they are touring the island, they are trapped by mountain terrorists. Francesco is kidnapped, but Christina is permitted to leave. She is determined to contact the police, but is persuaded not to by Francesco's best friend, Gambino. Together they try to find the kidnappers, but she becomes suspicious of everyone including Gambino. Confused and paranoid, she sets out alone to contact the police.

Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.

A film documentarian stops at nothing to record unusual and supposedly true-to-life situations.

이탈리아 시칠리아 섬의 한 마을, 사냥을 하던 두 남자가 의문의 죽음을 당한다. 하지만 그들 중 한명인 마노가 지역 주민의 딸과 은밀한 관계였기에 큰 충격으로 받아들여지지 않는 분위기다. 그래서 그녀의 아버지와 두 남자 형제가 체포되지만, 파올로 로라나 교수(지안 마리아 볼론테)는 이 살인이 마피아가 그의 친구인 로시오 박사(살보 랜돈)를 입막음하기 위해 조작됐으며, 마노의 죽음은 단지 눈속임을 위한 것이라고 믿는다. 그는 자신의 이웃들이 전통적으로 마피아가 관련된 일에는, 아무것도 듣거나 보려 하지 않는다는 사실을 깨닫지 못하고, 거의 자살행위나 마찬가지인 범죄 조사에 뛰어든다. 그는 그 과정에서 미망인 루이사(이렌느 파파스)의 도움을 받고 사랑에 빠지게 된다. 그는 루이사의 사촌인 로셀로(가브리엘 페르제티)를 유력하게 의심하게 되는데, 어느 날 밤 파올로는 로셀로에게 기습을 당하게 된다. 그리고는 그녀가 사실은 로셀로의 정부였다는 이야기를 듣게 된다.

무자비한 갱단인 던컨 일당은 한 평화로운 나바호족 인디언 마을을 습격해 사람들을 죽이고 한 여자의 머리 가죽을 벗겨 간다. 처참하게 죽은 아내를 발견한 남편 조는 던컨에게 복수하기 위해 일당을 쫓아간다. 한편 에스페란자 마을에 도착한 던컨은 마을의사 린과 공모해 거액을 운반하는 기차를 털기로 한다. 하지만 조가 선수를 쳐서 기차를 먼저 훔친 귀 마을로 가서 던컨 일당으로부터 마을을 지켜주는 대신 돈을 요구하지만 마을 사람들은 인디언과의 거래를 꺼리며 조의 제안을 거절한다. 오랜 노력 끝에 의사의 부인이 주민들을 설득하고 조에게 던컨 일당 퇴치를 부탁한다. 함정에 빠진 조는 던컨 일당에게 생포돼 고문을 당하지만 다행히 구출되고 던컨과의 최후의 결판을 짓게 된다. 숨 막히는 결투 끝에 조는 던컨이 훔쳐간 아내의 목걸이를 되찾고 던컨에게 피의 복수를 한다.

A petty hoodlum pulls jewellery store heists in broad daylight. The cop on his tail knows he has accomplices and focuses on the gangster's girl friend is his attempt to catch him.

In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.

This film is the moving story of Edda Ciano, the daughter of Italian dictator Mussolini, who was unable to prevent the atrocious assassination of her husband by fanatics of her father.

This film is the moving story of Edda Ciano, the daughter of Italian dictator Mussolini, who was unable to prevent the atrocious assassination of her husband by fanatics of her father.

World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes with four Italian prisoners, enlisting their aid in exploding a bridge.

Alvaro Cosenza, also known as the Hunchback from Quarticciolo, during Rome's occupation by Nazis in 1943, decides to revolt.

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.

A building instructor cheats on his wife with a young fashion model.

Cerasella escapes just before his marriage with Alfredo and meets Bruno, the son of a wealthy industrialist.

Salvatore, known as "bread loaf", escapes from Caltanissetta's brewery to find his mother he never met. Before arriving in Venice, he stays in a small sea village where he meets people of various kinds.

Pietro is in love with a nurse; they keep their affair secret until she falls pregnant. Worried that marriage will affect his career, she prepares for the upcoming childbirth

Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.

A young and shy girl Celestina arrives from her small home village to Rome to become a housemaid. Her inexperience and naivety causes her to change her employers quite frequently. As she is moving from one family to another she makes friends with other Roman maids and falls desperately in love with a handsome plumber Fernando. But Fernando isn't telling Celestina that he is already engaged to another woman.

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.

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.