Aldo De Benedetti

Фильм состоит из двух новелл. Первая — «Последние пять минут» о странных взаимоотношениях бывших супругов, режиссёра Карло Реани и актрисы Ренаты Адорни, которые, вновь встретившись, готовы от полноты чувств избить друг друга, так что мало им даже не покажется. Вторая - «Тридцать минут любви» рассказывает о вроде бы благонравной матроне Грации Сириани, жене преуспевающего дантиста, которую всё семейство дружно уговаривает согласиться лишь на «тридцать минут любви» с ловким шантажистом, только бы не раскрылось, что она на досуге… сочинила весьма популярный порнороман «О, секс!»...

Alberto Verani is a married farmer and a relentless womanizer. When his wife Marina is away he tries to seduce Condessa Arduini sending her a bouquet signed anonymously. However Marina is the one to find the gift and hides it from Alberto, believing she have a secret admirer. So the husband keeps sending her flowers to test the fidelity while an outsider man discovers the plot and start to takes advantage of it.

A private detective is hired to spy a married woman and ends up falling in love with her.

Ignazio is married to a much younger girl, as she starts being attracted by a handsome young man. The new couple set up several plans to kill the cuckhold, but.. it always seems to work out for lucky Ignazio!

Lucas is an orphan who lives with his mother Mary, a worker in a factory in Barcelona. One day they meet Captain Andres.

Lucas is an orphan who lives with his mother Mary, a worker in a factory in Barcelona. One day they meet Captain Andres.

Raped during the war by a stranger, Anna is forced by their parents to pretend that that her daughter Lisa is her sister. When she is about to marry the new doctor in the country, her jealous brother resorts to threats of blackmail in an attempt to keep them apart.

Быт Поля Верье (Фернандель) казался налаженным и неизменным. Двое очаровательных детей, сварливая жена, рутинная работа коммивояжера - Поль мотается по всему Провансу, пытаясь всеми правдами и неправдами сбыть шоколадки и леденцы. И вот однажды все пошло наперекосяк - с того момента как в утреннем поезде Поль уступил место очаровательной девушке с грустной улыбкой на лице. Сначала его высадили из поезда, затем судьба ему подарила незабываемую поездку в автобусе (эпизодическая роль водителя автобуса - блистательный Альберто Сорди). Надо ли говорить о том, что в автобусе Поль оказался на соседнем месте с той самой девушкой из поезда... Но он и не догадывался, что настоящие сюрпризы безумной пятницы 17-го еще впереди.

The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Having become aware of her name, he finds out that she is his illegitimate daughter of whom he knew nothing. He tries to secretly help Elena, who has fallen in love with the car mechanic Gianni. But that only creates mistrust. When Guerrini's worthless nephew harasses the girl, the situation is dramatically worse.

A young communist discovers the power of faith.

Maria, a prostitute, meets Cesare in a police station, a drunkard reporter. Cesare falls in love with her and wants to save her from her bleak life but the girl refuses any help.

Хотя для богатого предпринимателя Карло Реани квартирный вопрос не стоял слишком остро, уступить сдаваемые в Риме в аренду просторные апартаменты другому претенденту — Ренате Адорни, собиравшейся снять их вместе с подругой для устройства швейной мастерской — бизнесмен не пожелал. Тем более, что синьорина синьору понравилась. В итоге конкурирующие стороны пошли на мировую и договорились заключить супружеский союз. В своем соглашении Рената и Карло предусмотрели вроде бы всё, даже если в будущем в их брак вторгнется настоящая большая любовь.

Хотя для богатого предпринимателя Карло Реани квартирный вопрос не стоял слишком остро, уступить сдаваемые в Риме в аренду просторные апартаменты другому претенденту — Ренате Адорни, собиравшейся снять их вместе с подругой для устройства швейной мастерской — бизнесмен не пожелал. Тем более, что синьорина синьору понравилась. В итоге конкурирующие стороны пошли на мировую и договорились заключить супружеский союз. В своем соглашении Рената и Карло предусмотрели вроде бы всё, даже если в будущем в их брак вторгнется настоящая большая любовь.

Guido Carani, an engineer of noble descent, has just lost his son born to him by a chorus dancer, who, desperate, has become a nun. After a while he also loses his wife and daughter in a boating accident. Poor Guido is in despair, but soon he meets Lina, a woman who is a dead ringer for Luisa.

Мара Гуалтьери, девушка легкого поведения, во время железнодорожной аварии спасает маленькую польскую девочку, родители которой погибли. Девочка напомнила Маре её умершую дочь. Мара хочет удочерить девочку, но она не может этого сделать, пока не устроится на работу. С трудом она находит работу на заводе. Случайно Мара встречает своего бывшего любовника, который был отцом её дочери. Он женат, но в семье нет детей. Он думает, что девочка - его дочь...

Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness.

Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness.

Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness.

A bored civil servant accepts an invitation to visit a glamorous young lady. When she doesn't answer the door, then is later found murdered he panics!

A bored civil servant accepts an invitation to visit a glamorous young lady. When she doesn't answer the door, then is later found murdered he panics!

After murdering her illegitimate baby, Isabella (Tania Weber) pins the blame on her innocent cousin Consuelo (May Britt). Despite the strenuous efforts of her attorney-lover DeSylva (Ettore Manni), Consuelo is found guilty and shipped to a penal colony along with several other female prisoners.

Elena, after a date with his boyfriend Guido, comes home finding his father tried to kill himself with gas because he lost a lot of money due to some wrong investments.

Elena, after a date with his boyfriend Guido, comes home finding his father tried to kill himself with gas because he lost a lot of money due to some wrong investments.

Rocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search of adventure.

Rocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search of adventure.

Northern Italian Stefano marries sweetheart Maria by proxy while working abroad in Canada. However, she is mistakenly accused of her sister's crime of abandoning her own child and, when Stefano finds out, he decides to call off their marriage.

Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own day with the car and get some gratification. Some will get it, others will not. And the fifth poor fellow?

A singer and operetta dancer works in a small french town where the authorities want to expel her because of her scandalous conduct and performance. When a puritan judge closes the show, the woman will take revenge involving the judge in an affair before the selfsame Justice minister. From that moment on, a series of diversions and misunderstandings will play out leading the main characters to the city of Paris.

Wrongly accused of his wife's death, a marine officer is forced to resign and sees his life fall apart.

The tragic love story between Guido, the owner of a marble quarry and Luisa, the humble daughter of one of his employees, ends up in her giving birth to a baby boy. Giulio's mother is against them: at first she takes her son abroad with an excuse and then has her grandson kidnapped making Luisa think the boy died in a fire.

Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfaithful wife; then for an actor and his wife on the verge of leaving each other and last for Raffaele who wants to marry her. At last uncle Matteo dies...

A taxi driver, with singing ambitions, finds an abandoned baby in his cab and begins to look for his mother. He doesn't find her but succeeds in finding two people who want to adopt the child.

Anna flees her home, where she has been victimized for years by her spineless father’s mean-spirited second wife, to be with her lover, an honest businessman yet to make his fortune. When he is accused of a murder he didn’t commit, the couple’s domestic tranquillity is upended, and a desperate Anna must rely on her cruel stepmother to help support their child.

A family drama involving a wife torn between her husband and her criminal ex-lover.

The city of Pola is being evacuated after the peace conference of 1947 decided to assign the sovereignty to Tito's Yugoslavia. However the main character decides to stay, thinking that Communism might bring him a better future. Life turns to be hard for him and his family until he changes his mind, but he is killed before he can leave the country.

Leo Bianchetti has just finished his military service but then is again called to arms; after 10 years on various fronts, he finds himself again in Italy to guard a bridge destroyes by the Germans that he doesn't want to leave.

The film follows the struggles of an idealistic Catholic politician.

After running over a young man with her car, a girl is forced to kiss him for 30 seconds, in order not to pay the expensive fine.

During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.

During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.

Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Eugenia's inexperience leads her to fall in love with an unworthy man.

A young music teacher, after her house is burned down by a raid, has to go to a refugee camp with her old and sick mother. She is forced to sell everything she owns, while she is looking for a job as a singer. One night, tired and frustrated, she meets a man who invites her out for a drink. She accepts the invitation, stunned by the bunch of banknotes in his wallet. The man takes her to his room at the hotel Luna and seduces her. Before leaving, she robs him of his money and then walks hastily home, but in the meantime her mother has died. She meets a young maestro, who wants her to sing his songs. She seems to begin a happy, though hard, life together with the young maestro who wishes to marry her. The wicked man suddenly reappears and menaces to reveal their old encounter and that she is a thief, but he is later killed. The unfortunate lady is suspected of the crime, but at the end she is cleared of it and she can happily marry her maestro

The young Chiaretta has joined, against the will of her family, a theater company in the magazine in the hope of being able to sing on the stage. Her fiancé chases her trying to make her change her mind and bring her home.

The young Chiaretta has joined, against the will of her family, a theater company in the magazine in the hope of being able to sing on the stage. Her fiancé chases her trying to make her change her mind and bring her home.

A hotel becomes very popular when rumors begin to circulate about a ghost wandering its corridors.

The ordinary life of the prudent employee Mr. Travet accelerates as he and her wife meet his new chief.

A compelling portrayal of postwar Rome

Коммивояжер и отец семейства Паоло едет по делам. В поезде он обращает внимание на одинокую девушку Марию. Позже он встречает ее в автобусе, и она рассказывает, что у нее неприятности. Она беременна, а отец ребенка бросил ее, и она не знает как сказать родителям, что она не замужем. Мария просит Паоло сыграть роль ее мужа, и он соглашается.

A singer saves a heavy alcoholic journalist. Fate has a new meeting for them: the two are found in a police station where she was brought with the accusation of prostitution.

The nephew of a wealthy nobleman, convicted for a forged check, is replaced in prison by a poor engineer. From the exchange of people derives a chain of misunderstandings and messes that ends out well.

Однажды Альберто Верани снимает трубку и принимает заказ на две дюжины алых роз. Звонивший ошибся номером, а Альберто приятно удивлён и уже в предвкушении от приключения с незнакомкой. Цветы доставляют и их получает Мария, жена Альберто. Среди цветов она находит карточку с подписью «Загадка». Ею обуревает желание встретиться с этим таинственным мужчиной. Альберто понимает, что произошло, и желает продолжить розыгрыш, чтобы проверить, насколько Мария верна ему и как далеко она может зайти. Он каждый день посылает ей розы и ревнует к несуществующему сопернику.

Однажды Альберто Верани снимает трубку и принимает заказ на две дюжины алых роз. Звонивший ошибся номером, а Альберто приятно удивлён и уже в предвкушении от приключения с незнакомкой. Цветы доставляют и их получает Мария, жена Альберто. Среди цветов она находит карточку с подписью «Загадка». Ею обуревает желание встретиться с этим таинственным мужчиной. Альберто понимает, что произошло, и желает продолжить розыгрыш, чтобы проверить, насколько Мария верна ему и как далеко она может зайти. Он каждый день посылает ей розы и ревнует к несуществующему сопернику.

Guido Renzi and his lawyer friend chase a beautiful girl to return a purse that he lost and after a long drive in the car reach the laboratory of an improvised astrophysicist - the girl's father - who, together with another scientist, is about to take off in the direction of Mars aboard a missile.

Guido Renzi and his lawyer friend chase a beautiful girl to return a purse that he lost and after a long drive in the car reach the laboratory of an improvised astrophysicist - the girl's father - who, together with another scientist, is about to take off in the direction of Mars aboard a missile.

The lawyer Giulio Gualandi plans yet another escapade in Viareggio while he is with his wife on holiday in Cervinia.

A married woman hits a pedestrian with her car who requests that she must perform a particular punishment as a penance.

A married woman hits a pedestrian with her car who requests that she must perform a particular punishment as a penance.

After an argument with her husband, an unsatisfied wife suffers from selective amnesia. She doesn't recognize the man she married and calls her doctor husband instead.

Venice Film Festival 1936

The monotonous life of a bourgeois family is disturbed by the announcement of the imminent return from America of Mr. Lohengrin, who had left Italy years earlier, leaving behind the reputation of being an irresistible womanizer. Lohengrin's cousin, worried about the stability of his marriage, convinces some relatives who live in the countryside to welcome the dreaded guest into their home and then, to avoid meeting him, leaves. Meanwhile, in the country house everyone eagerly awaits Lohengrin, and envy and spite are unleashed during the wait. In particular, while the young landlady prepares the house, the woman's husband begins to be tormented by jealousy. But the arrival of the long-awaited guest will be a huge disappointment for everyone: the once seductive man is now just an aged, with glasses and a prominent belly.

Bruno, a chauffeur having some problem in keeping a job, meets one morning Mariuccia, a taxi driver’s daughter working as a perfumery’s shop assistant, and trying to impress her, pretending to be rich, uses his employer’s car to took her on a trip to the lakes, but things don’t work as planned and to conquer Mariuccia’s hearth won’t be so easy…

Bruno, a chauffeur having some problem in keeping a job, meets one morning Mariuccia, a taxi driver’s daughter working as a perfumery’s shop assistant, and trying to impress her, pretending to be rich, uses his employer’s car to took her on a trip to the lakes, but things don’t work as planned and to conquer Mariuccia’s hearth won’t be so easy…

Based on a short story written by Novel Prize for Literature in 1894, Grazia Deladda, “La Grazia” is a classic Italian-drama that follows the story of the a man (Giorgio Bianchi) who fell in love with beautiful shepherdess (Carmen Boni). Separated by fate, the man had an accident on his way back to his wife. For years, absence of her husband has made the woman suffer. She takes care of her child while waiting for her husband’s return.

Early Italian pirate adventure.