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- DirectorFiloteo AlberiniStarsUbaldo Maria Del ColleCarlo RosaspinaThe Italian army captures Rome after refusal to surrender this unifying Italy.Silent
- DirectorArturo AmbrosioLuigi MaggiStarsLuigi MaggiLydia De RobertiUmberto MozzatoSilent
- DirectorArturo AmbrosioLuigi MaggiStarsAlberto CapozziLydia De RobertiMirra PrincipiRoman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace.Silent
- DirectorFrancesco BertoliniAdolfo PadovanGiuseppe de LiguoroStarsSalvatore PapaArturo PirovanoGiuseppe de LiguoroLoosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.Silent
- DirectorMario CaseriniStarsLyda BorelliMario BonnardGian Paolo RosminoLeslie Swayne, an adventurer, in order to obtain enough money to satisfy the needs of his extravagant life, has been bribed to steal the plans of the fortification from the staff officers of the Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. This undertaking, which at one time would have seemed difficult to him, becomes very easy, due to the friendship between himself and Colonel Julius Holbein, chief of the staff, and father of Elsa, for whom Swayne has shown a great deal of friendship, and in return he has Elsa's sincere love. After a dinner held at the Colonel's, during which the villain Swayne whispered sweet words of love into Elsa's ear, he succeeds in stealing the desired documents, and, protected by the darkness of the night, he escapes. Overcome by the sad reality, the Colonel is in a desperate state of mind. Elsa tries to efface from her mind her terrible suspicions, but in going to the hotel she learns of the sudden departure of Swayne, and her suspicions are confirmed. Colonel Holbein, to whom the precious document had been entrusted, is suspected as a traitor. This man shot himself for being so wrongfully accused. Elsa is asked by the Grand Duchy of Wallenstein to leave the Duchy, and is taken to one of the stations of the domain, where she is abandoned. Possessed of the qualities of a pianist and singer, under the false name of Marjorie Manners, she becomes famous. At her first performance she receives flowers from a large number of admirers, and long applause, but the memory of her father comes to her suddenly and that recollection takes away the joy of her triumph. One evening, while she is eating on the terrace of a hotel surrounded by ardent admirers, Marjorie is surprised at the sight of a young man, sad and pale like herself, who is observing her with a languid look. The pale young man is the Prince Arthur of Wallenstein, the son of the Grand Duke, who has come to the Riviera to recuperate from a long illness, under the name of Count L'Estrange. Surprised by the divine beauty and charm of Marjorie, he is a constant visitor at the theater. One morning they chance to meet and immediately they understand each other and a sense of sympathy seems to envelop their souls. They gaze into each other's eyes and seal their unspoken troth by a lingering kiss. From that day on their love becomes more intense and soon they are married. On board a ship the living apparition of the villain, Swayne, appears before them. Marjorie faints. Arthur calls for help and in the meanwhile Swayne approaches Marjorie, begging for her pardon and love. She repulses him violently, and just at that, instant Arthur returns. Swayne, to avenge himself, advises the Prince's country that the Prince amuses himself with sweet woman while the Duchy is in danger, and the Duke of Wallenstein recalls his son home. While Marjorie and Arthur are together at the hotel the message arrives, and his wife finds out who is her husband. She realizes then that she could not hide her true name any longer, and Colonel Theubner, an old friend of her poor father, tells the Prince the truth. She gets up and departs like a crazy person, and a few days later she returns to the theater which she had left. Arthur, through the Colonel, learns Elsa's history and the reason why she is compelled to go upon the stage, but in spite of this information he continues to look for her. He finds her, pale and trembling. His eyes fixed upon her from his box in the theater. Suddenly Elsa observes his look. She becomes pale, trembles, and tries to control herself, but drops to the floor. The curtain falls; the Prince hurries to her and while he feels her getting cold in his arms, he hears these feeble words, "But my love shall never die." Poor Elsa, after so many troubles and anxieties, had taken poison, as she wished to die for him upon the stage that brought her so much applause.
- DirectorEnrico GuazzoniStarsAmleto NovelliGustavo SerenaCarlo CattaneoAn epic Italian film, "Quo Vadis" influenced many of the later movies.Silent Kolossal
- DirectorMario CaseriniEleuterio RodolfiStarsFernanda Negri PougetEugenia Tettoni FiorUbaldo StefaniTwo love triangles intersect in ancient Pompei.
- DirectorGiovanni PastroneStarsItalia Almirante-ManziniLidia QuarantaBartolomeo PaganoCabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.Silent classic. D. W. Griffith was inspired by Cabiria. Taviani brothers made a tribute in Good Morning, Babylon.
- DirectorFrancesca BertiniGustavo SerenaStarsFrancesca BertiniGustavo SerenaCarlo BenettiAssunta Spina is a tragedy set in Naples at the beginning of the twentieth century. Assunta and Michele are in love but others come between them and there is much jealousy. They fight and Michele is sent to prison for two years for assault. Nevertheless, because Assunta still loves Michele she is vulnerable when Federigo offers to help Michele but only if Assunta becomes his mistress. Michele is released early from prison, finds Assunta and Federigo together and kills Federigo. When the police arrive, Assunta takes the blame for Michele's crime.Remade in 1949 starring Anna Magnani.
- DirectorMario RoncoroniStarsValeria CretiGiovanni SpanoCristina RuspoliSkypirate Filibus commits robberies from her airship, while a dedicated detective attempts to put a stop to it.
- DirectorLuigi Romano BorgnettoVincenzo DenizotStarsBartolomeo PaganoLeone PapaClementina GayThe uncle of Josephine employs gangsters to abduct her, and in fleeing from them she enters a motion picture theater, where she sees Maciste playing in the screen drama, "Cabiria." The story pictures Maciste escaping from prison by bending iron bars, and Josephine decides that a man of his strength can be of much assistance to her. She obtains his address, and going to him she relates her experience. At first he is inclined to doubt the truthfulness of her story, but later, when he sees half a dozen ruffians attacking her, he intercedes in the girl's behalf, and single handed subdues them. Maciste demonstrates his marvelous strength in many other thrilling incidents, and finally runs down the uncle and his gang, and turns them over to the authorities.
- DirectorFebo MariArturo AmbrosioStarsEleonora DuseFebo MariNietta MordegliaSet in Sardinia, a barren and disconsolate land, where Rosalia, a poor young mother, entrusts her only son, Anania, to the natural father, who is well-off and already married. The years pass. Rosalia ages in misery, Anania becomes an adult and is about to marry. He returns to the country in order to find his mother and invite her to the wedding, but his fiancée does not appreciate this. Rosalia is abandoned once again...
- DirectorAlfredo De AntoniStarsFrancesca BertiniGina CinquiniAntonio CruichiIza, a beautiful and sensuous charmer captivates a Prince, an Artist - all who come near the flashing of her luring eyes. And of one man's immense faith in her, and his desperate misery when he finds her false.Onscreen debut of Vittorio De Sica
- DirectorEugenio TestaStarsLinda AlbertiniLuciano AlbertiniUmberto GuarracinoThe Italian adaptation of the famous novel about Dr. Frankenstein and his monstrous creation.
- DirectorAndré DeedStarsGiulia CostaAndré DeedValentina FrascaroliThe story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine.
- DirectorJ. Gordon EdwardsStarsJacques GrétillatSandro SalviniGuido TrentoBiography portraying the life of the Roman Emperor Nero.Co-production with the United States
- DirectorGabriellino D'AnnunzioGeorg JacobyStarsEmil JanningsElena SangroRina De LiguoroIn Rome, during the reign of Nero, a young pagan general named Marcus Vinicius falls in love with a beautiful Christian hostage named Licia. Their love appears to be impossible, because of the conflict of their religions. Nero burns the city of Rome and blames the Christians, already hated by the pagan Romans.
- DirectorGuido BrignoneStarsBartolomeo PaganoElena SangroLuigi ServentiMaciste is sent to Africa by a circus showman to capture some lions.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsKäthe von NagyMaurizio D'AncoraDaniele CrespiA young honeymooning couple are lured away to a seaside resort by a high-society sleazeball, who has plans to seduce the girl, while at the same time her hubby in desperation stakes all his money on the roulette wheels.
- DirectorGennaro RighelliStarsDria PaolaIsa PolaElio SteinerLoose Pirandello adaptation: A young lady hides from her fiance that she is caring for a baby half brother left behind by her late mother.The fiance, like her an aspiring musical performer, has indicated he doesn't want a child yet.First Italian talkie movie. It was filmed in German and French by other directors. Based on a Luigi Pirandello's work.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsLia FrancaVittorio De SicaCesare ZoppettiBruno, a young Milanese driver, falls in love with Mariuccia, dependent on a perfumery. Wanting to impress her, he shows up for their first date, in his employer's car.
- DirectorAmleto PalermiStarsEmma GramaticaNella Maria BonoraMaurizio D'AncoraAn elderly chestnut vendor lives in poverty but once a month puts on a show with silk and a carriage to impress her daughter in a convent. One day she is robbed of her meager savings.
- DirectorNunzio MalasommaStarsDria PaolaCorrado RaccaDino Di LucaThe son of a man falsely executed for killing an aristocratic woman returns to Italy after studying medicine in England,and operates on the woman's daughter who had become blind after witnessing the crime.
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsIsa MirandaMemo BenassiTatyana PavlovaGaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.The only Italian film Ophüls made on his exile. Venice Award
- DirectorAugusto GeninaStarsFulvia LanziFrancesca DalpeFosco GiachettiA story of the Italian troops in Africa.Fascist propaganda. Best Italian Film, Venice Film Festival
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsVittorio De SicaAssia NorisRubi DalmaVittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall, makes enough money out of his business to take a vacation at a fashionable resort. He is given a cruise ticket by an aristocrat who is an old school friend, and is mistaken for the aristocrat when he uses a camera that has his friends name on it. Assia Noris plays a maid who falls in love with him because of who he is and not who others think he is. Happy ending comes when De Sica marries Noris, who is more real than the pampered society belles he has been partying with. Shown in the USA with Italian dialogue and no English titles.Remade in 1957 and 1991 as Il conte Max
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsAnnibale NinchiCamillo PilottoFosco GiachettiA story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio's futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama.Remade in 1971 as Scipione, detto anche l'africano
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsFosco GiachettiGaby MorlayGermana PaolieriA biography of the opera composer, from his early struggles and wife's death to his later political involvement, a new relationship, final rejuvenation and acclaim.
- DirectorAugusto GeninaStarsLilian HarveyVittorio De SicaOtto TreßlerA wardrobe mistress at a Vienna theatre wins a competition, receiving as her prize a luxury tour round Italy. On the train she meets an impoverished young Italian who pretends to be a prince.
- DirectorEduardo De FilippoStarsRosina LawrenceEduardo De FilippoPeppino De FilippoAn American starlet inflames two Italian peasants who forget about their respective fiancees; one of them even thinks of marrying her and begins to plan the engagement banquet. When the girl decides to leave the countryside, harmony returns.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsGino CerviLuisa FeridaRina MorelliGino Cervi, Luisa Ferida, and Osvaldo Valenti star in this Italian swashbuckler which would have starred Errol Flynn or Douglas Fairbanks had it been made in Hollywood. Salvatore Rosa was a versatile poet and painter of landscapes and battles. His romantic life is the inspiration for this fictional tale of the masked hero, "The Ant", Rosa's alter-ego, a friend and defender of the poor citizens...
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsAssia NorisCarlo NinchiMiretta MauriRemake of the 1935 French film
- DirectorAugusto GeninaStarsFosco GiachettiMireille BalinMaria DenisSet during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsVittorio De SicaVera BergmanCarla Del PoggioA teacher writes sample letters to a fictional Mr. Hartman with her students, but the recipient really exists.
- DirectorGiuseppe AmatoVittorio De SicaStarsVittorio De SicaRenée Saint-CyrUmberto MelnatiA man poses as a mysterious admirer to find out whether his wife would cheat on him.
- DirectorHans HinrichStarsIsa PolaFriedrich BenferCarlo NinchiA look at famous Lucrezia Borgia ,in the last part of her life,when she was duchess of Ferrara.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsElisa CeganiLuisa FeridaRina MorelliA crown, supposedly made from a nail out of the Cross of Christ and the metal of Roman swords, becomes a legend and a symbol of justice.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAugusto BassoElena FondiNon professional actors, filmed in a semi documentary style, show the lives of sailors and their officers ,some of whom are transferred to a hospital ship ,during WWII in Italy .
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsAlida ValliMassimo SeratoAda DondiniA woman of humble origins who marries a nobleman in the mid-19th century. Unfortunately, the unstoppable force of their love hits an immovable object: his grandmother.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsAdriana BenettiIrasema DiliánAnna MagnaniTeresa, a young orphan, falls in love with Pietro, a health inspector. She will try to bring order to his reckless life full of debts and lies.
- DirectorFrancesco De RobertisStarsFelga LauriDiego PozzettoMarichetta StoppaDuring maneuvers a submarine collides with a surface vessel and drops to the ocean floor. The crew have thirty hours worth of air to get it back to the surface.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsGino CerviAdriana BenettiGiuditta RissoneA family man travelling for work, Paolo Bianchi, meets on a train a lonely girl, Maria. He sees her again on a bus and she reveals him that she's in troubles: she's pregnant, her baby's father has left her and she doesn't know how to tell to her parents that she's not married. She asks Paolo to play the role of her husband and he accepts....
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsAmedeo NazzariOsvaldo ValentiClara CalamaiThis is an opera in four acts composed by Umberto Giordano . The story is set in Florence at the time of Lorenzo de'Medici recounts the rivalry between Gianneto Malespini and Neri Chiaramantesi for the affections of the beautiful Ginerva and Gianneto's thirst for revenge over a "cruel joke" played on him by Neri and his brother Gabreillo. The joke ultimately takes Neri to murder Ginerva and by mistake his brother. The opera ends with Neri descent into madness.
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsIsa MirandaAndrea ChecchiIrasema DiliánA nineteenth-century Italian noblewoman, imprisoned in a foreboding lakeside palazzo by her uncle, comes to believe she's possessed by a long ago mistress of the manor.
- DirectorGoffredo AlessandriniStarsFosco GiachettiAlida ValliRossano BrazziThe time is the Russian Revolution. The place is a country burdened with fear - the midnight knock at the door, the bread hidden against famine, the haunted eyes of the fleeing, the grublike fat of the appeasers and oppressors. In a bitter struggle of the individual against the collective, three people stand forth with the mark of the unconquered in their bearing: Kira, who wants to be a builder, and the two men who love her - Leo, an aristocrat, and Andrei, a Communist. In their tensely dramatic story, Ayn Rand shows what the theories of Communism mean in practice. We the Living is not a story of politics but of the men and women who have to struggle for existence behind the Red banners and slogans. It is a picture of what dictatorship - of any kind - does to human beings, what kind of men are able to survive, and which of them remain as the ultimate winners. What happens to the defiant ones? What happens to those who succumb? Who are the winners in this conflict? Against a vivid panorama of political revolution and personal revolt, Ayn Rand offers an answer that challenges the modern conscience.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLeonardo CorteseMaría MercaderCarla Del PoggioAn old woman's poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school: the happy moments, the sad ones and the tragic love for a Garibaldian.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsMassimo GirottiMichela BelmonteGaetano MasierA young Italian pilot is interned in a British prison camp after his plane is shot down during the war against Greece. He falls in love with a doctor's daughter and manages to escape during a bombardment. He reaches home, wounded, just as news arrives of the Greek surrender.
- DirectorMario BonnardStarsCaterina BorattoCristiano CristianiPeppino De FilippoPeppino, a fishmonger on Campo de' Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide, a greengrocer, who has a soft spot for him, despite the fact they argue all day long... But neither Peppino, nor his friend Aurelio, the barber, are interested in getting married. Until he meets the beautiful Elsa...
- DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsClara CalamaiMassimo GirottiDhia CristianiGino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsEmilio CigoliLuciano De AmbrosisIsa PolaFour-year-old Pricò becomes the subject of emotional folly by his capricious parents and negligent relatives.
- DirectorFerdinando Maria PoggioliStarsEmma GramaticaIrma GramaticaOlga SolbelliThe quiet days of two elderly spinster sisters are changed for good with the unexpected arrival of their nephew.
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsCarlo CampaniniVera CarmiPaola VeneroniThe ordinary life of the prudent employee Mr Travet accelerates as he and her wife meet his new chief.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsMarina BertiElettra DruscovichGiuseppe ForcinaA group of pilgrims embark on a long train journey to the sanctuary of Loreto, where they hope to receive a miracle.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsAlida ValliFosco GiachettiEduardo De FilippoLife Begins Anew (Italian: La vita ricomincia) is a 1945 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti and Eduardo De Filippo. It was the second most popular Italian film during 1945-46 after Roberto Rossellini's Paisan.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAnna MagnaniAldo FabriziMarcello PaglieroDuring the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsAnna MagnaniEdda AlbertiniTito GobbiThe story intertwines the actions of the underground movement in Rome in 1944 against the Germans by a group of opera performers who are part of the Italian resistance, with their presentation of "Tosca", which is also concerned with the city's occupation, but during the Napoleonic era. Unlike some of their "Tosca" counterparts, the troupe members live to perform before the Allied troops.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsAnna MagnaniAmedeo NazzariCarla Del PoggioA contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing.
- DirectorAldo VerganoStarsElli ParvoMassimo SeratoLea PadovaniItalian resistance fighters take on the Germans
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsCarmela SazioGar MooreWilliam TubbsAmerican military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.
- DirectorMarcello PaglieroStarsValentina CorteseAndrea ChecchiNando BrunoAgainst the background of Rome freed from Nazi-fascism in 1945, two personal dramas interweave between a young man, reduced to despair by his girlfriend and a still underage girl, who tries to prostitute herself to survive.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsRinaldo SmordoniFranco InterlenghiAnnielo MeleTwo shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAnna MagnaniNando BrunoAve NinchiA rowdy woman is so forceful that she outdoes her husband in a loud cry against speculators who refuse poor people entrance to a block of new apartments, built after WW2. Without noticing it, she starts a people's movement, and leads a march to the capital. She returns to her village a winner, an honourable MP. Yet, she is still the same simple, fiery woman, able to get in a hair-pulling brawl with the local barmaid for the affection of her man.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAldo FabriziGar MooreMirella MontiThe peaceful, almost idyllic life of an Italian village is interrupted during the war by the appearance of two American soldiers who keep hiding in the house of one of the villagers.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsCarla Del PoggioMassimo GirottiJacques SernasA psychopath leads students into crime. He is shot by the police after a detective has become involved with his sister.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsEdmund MoeschkeErnst PittschauIngetraud HinzeA young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella CarellIn post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsMassimo GirottiLucia BosèGino RossiPaola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAldo FabriziGianfranco BelliniPeparuoloA series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsCarlo BattistiMaria Pia CasilioLina GennariAn elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAlberto SordiFranco FabriziFranco InterlenghiA character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsLucia BosèGino CerviAndrea ChecchiA new starlet is discovered and has ups and downs in Italian films.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsVittorio De SicaGina LollobrigidaMarisa MerliniWhen a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAnthony QuinnGiulietta MasinaRichard BasehartA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
- DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsFarley GrangerAlida ValliMassimo GirottiAn Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsEleonora Rossi DragoGabriele FerzettiFranco FabriziA young woman returns to her hometown of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaMario BavaStarsGianna Maria CanaleCarlo D'AngeloDario MichaelisParis. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.
- DirectorGiorgio BianchiStarsAlberto SordiVittorio De SicaAnne VernonAlberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsGabriella PallottaSteve CochranAlida ValliA man wanders aimlessly away from his town, away from the woman he loves, emotionally and socially inactive.
- DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsMaria SchellMarcello MastroianniJean MaraisA humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsGiulietta MasinaFrançois PérierFranca MarziA waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio GassmanMarcello MastroianniRenato SalvatoriA motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
- DirectorValerio ZurliniStarsEleonora Rossi DragoJean-Louis TrintignantLilla BrignoneSummer 1943: The war is in full swing in southern Italy. Together with friends, Carlo enjoys a carefree summer in youthful naïveté. He falls in love with Roberta, whose husband was killed in the war.2 Nastro d'Argento
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsVittorio De SicaHannes MessemerSandra MiloBardone, a petty con man, is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a partisan leader in order to expose another resistance organizer.Golden Lion winner. Academy Award nominee for best script.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiVittorio GassmanBernard BlierThe Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.Golden Lion winner.
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsRosanna SchiaffinoElsa MartinelliLaurent TerzieffIn Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles and catch prostitutes Anna and Supplizia on the street to mislead the police. They seek the jobber Mosciarella, but he is at a funeral and gives them no attention. But Gino "Bellabella" overhears them and offers to deal the merchandise with another contact. He fails and the whores present a deaf-mute acquaintance who lives on the outskirts of Rome to buy the guns; the prostitute Nicoletta who was with the man returns to Rome with the quintet. When the youngsters propose to have sex in the middle of nowhere, the prostitutes believe that they intend to leave them there. Scinttilone, Ruggeretto, and Bellabella sneak out to the car and leave the women in the countryside. Later they discover that the women stole their money. They seek them out on the streets and fight against another gang. However, when the police arrive, the six youngsters leave the place together and head to the house of one of them, and Ruggeretto falls for the host's sister. However, Bellabella steals the host's bountiful wallet and Ruggeretto fights him to get the wallet and return it to the host. While they are fighting, Scinttilone flees with the wallet to the house of his girlfriend Rossana. Ruggeretto chases Scinttilone along a night of alienation, illusions, and adventures.Written and adapted from his own novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- DirectorSilvio AmadioStarsMassimo GirottiFolco LulliJean-Marc BoryItalian submariners trapped in their damaged boat on the ocean floor.Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsRenato RascelCarla GravinaRomolo ValliThe action is focused at the end of the 19th century. Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de Rondò. For many years, Policarpo seeks a promotion and a raise that never came, and, it seems, will never come. One day, Jerónimo, the son of Don César, meets Celeste, the daughter of Policarpo, and falls in love with her. Policarpo sees in that relationship the solution to his aspirations at work, and does everything in his power to make this relationship fruitful. Don César, who presumes to be a count, sees with very bad eyes that his son meets a girl from such a different social position, and does just the opposite. But the efforts made by both parties will be of no use, since Celeste has fallen in love with Mario Marquetti, a "specialized mechanic" (typist) who is giving private lessons in the offices of the businessman Franquinet .Entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsPietro GermiClaudia CardinaleFranco FabriziA police detective and his team attempt to solve two crimes committed within a day of each other in neighboring apartment rooms.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanDorian GrayAnna Maria FerreroGerardo, an aspiring theater actor, is roped into performing a scam but gets double crossed by his partner and goes to prison. After prison, he turns into a successful con artist using his ability to mimic different Italian dialects.
- DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsSusan StrasbergLaurent TerzieffEmmanuelle RivaA young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.Academy Award nominee
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsGabriele FerzettiMonica VittiLea MassariA woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.Italian-French co-production
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenJean-Paul BelmondoRaf ValloneIn WWII Italy, a widow and her lonely daughter seek distance between themselves and the horrors of war.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk AiméeA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.Italian-French co-production
- DirectorFlorestano VanciniStarsBelinda LeeGabriele FerzettiEnrico Maria SalernoIn the midst of World War II, the story of the affair of a young woman married to a man in a wheelchair, with a deserter from the Italian army, intertwines with that of the power grab of a fanatical local fascist leader who gets the hold with a massacre of Pacific opposition, among them the young deserter's father. Oppressive fog covers both dramas as a reminder of how values such as courage, love, and truth are fading.Venice Award
- DirectorMario BavaStarsBarbara SteeleJohn RichardsonAndrea ChecchiA vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
- DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsAlain DelonRenato SalvatoriAnnie GirardotHaving recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.Italian-French co-production
- DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsTina LouiseKerwin MathewsRiccardo GarroneHe-man Phaon impresses Sappho of Lesbos at the temple of Aphrodite, circa 600 B.C.Italian-French co-production
- DirectorDino RisiStarsMylène DemongeotElsa MartinelliPeter BaldwinA young impoverished aristocrat and struggling writer falls for the charms of an aspiring starlet, whose amoral nature and hungry curiosity drives her from one adventure to another.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsAnita EkbergClaudio GoraFred ClarkThe movie is about the celebrated trial of Olga Duvovich, very beautiful woman accused of killing her husband, a wealthy financier. Both the defense and the prosecution have large dialectical skills for or against the defendant, but the evidence is rather mixed and therefore the President of the Court decides a visit in the island of Maratis, scene of the crime, for an additional investigations
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsFranco CittiFranca PasutSilvana CorsiniA pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.Pasolini's directorial debut