Giuseppe Berto

After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses.

A classical pianist falls in love with a friend's young daughter.

A young provincial elementary school teacher, falls in love with a Venetian girl, daughter of a rich industrialist.

A young provincial elementary school teacher, falls in love with a Venetian girl, daughter of a rich industrialist.

К венецианскому музыканту, некогда мечтавшему о дирижерской карьере и славе, а теперь медленно угасающему, как и его родной город, приезжает жена, с которой он расстался семь лет назад.

After unearthing an ancient bas-relief sculpture of the gradiva or ‘woman who walks’ a young archaeologist begins to dream of the figure eluding him, while also pursuing a mysterious woman who eludes him in his waking life. Based on the novella by Wilhelm Jensen.

"Remove your legs from the windshield" - Alberto, an engineer over forty years old, on his return from an inspection, a nineteen-year-old Parisian student called Sylvie is looking for a ride. Even though the girl reminds him of her daughter Francesca's age, Alberto decides to accompany her to Rome, with the secret hope of being able to derive an adventure from her.

С детства Нино пришлось столкнуться с несправедливостью и беззаконием. По ложному обвинению был заключен в тюрьму его близкий друг. За неуплату аренды семья Нино лишилась крова и земли, которую они обрабатывали много лет. Год из года мужая, Нино становится сознательным борцом за интересы простых людей Италии.

During WW2, in a Nazi-occupied country, a local partisan blows-up a German military train, prompting the Germans to take civilian hostages to be shot if the culprit doesn't surrender before a deadline.

Two young people trickle, steal and exploit prostitutes.

During WWII, Sandro Ademari (Massimo Girotti), head of a group of Italian partisans, to escape from a Nazi catch, hides himself by a farm. Here he knows Luisa (Lea Padovani) and soon the two married and have a baby. After the war, Sandro, now a solicitor, succeeded also to be elected in Rome's parliament. Here he starts an extramarital affair with Germana (Patricia Neal). Sandro, now deep involved with Germana, tries all the way to leave Luisa (divorce wasn't legal during the '50s in Italy). But Luisa is determined to save her marriage and arrives in Rome to discuss with the two. The tragedy is behind the corner.

A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused. He is however tormented by his conscience.

Группа людей собирается в монастыре иезуитов, чтобы в тишине и одиночестве пройти курс духовного совершенствования. Судьба сводит вместе поставщика церковных свечей, бывшего заключенного, внешне благополучных политика и романиста... Свои проблемы есть у каждого, только для мелкого воришки Дом тишины становится возможностью ускользнуть от полиции. Истории этих людей переплетаются с душевным кризисом священника, усомнившегося в своей миссии духовного наставника.

A crack team of Italian naval divers plan to attach high explosives to the hulls of Royal navy warships anchored in Gibraltar harbour.

Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path. Silvana Mangano's real sister, Patrizia Mangano, acts as Anna's sister on the film. Sophia Loren has got a small uncredited role as a nightclub assistant. Future film directors Franco Brusati and Dino Risi cowrote the script. [Wikipedia]

Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path. Silvana Mangano's real sister, Patrizia Mangano, acts as Anna's sister on the film. Sophia Loren has got a small uncredited role as a nightclub assistant. Future film directors Franco Brusati and Dino Risi cowrote the script. [Wikipedia]

Progressive schoolteachers Landi and Anna have a profound influence on two of their young students, Mirella and Franco. The two kids are enamored with one another and decide to experiment with some of the knowledge they've gleaned in the classroom.

Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone in the world he meets Tullio, a disbanded boy who lives in an abandoned area with some girls, Carla, an eighteen year old girl who works as a prostitute, Giulia, younger and sick of tuberculosis, and a girl, Maria.