Rome, Open City

In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting

Three Bites of the Apple

A tour guide wins a large sum of money at a casino and a beautiful woman schemes at have it, but lov

La famiglia Passaguai

When Passaguai family patriarch Giuseppe (Fabrizi) decides to take advantage of a corporate discount

Cops and Robbers

Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts perse

Three Steps North

An ex-American GI returns to Italy to find some money he stashed before doing a prison term. He disc

Funniest Show on Earth

A clown named Tottons of the Togni circus, obliged to never take off his clown makeup or reveal his

Made in Italy

A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.

Totò vs the Four

The day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his office, he

Times Gone By

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

The Overtaxed

Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does n

Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo

This is the (funny) story of four agents of Roma traffic police in the '50s. Their life are crossed

Of Life and Love

A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today

A boy and a girl fall in love but their fathers take a strong dislike to each other, clashing repeat

La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna

To get ahead after he answers a newspaper ad for a business proposition, Passaguai borrows the more

The Flowers of St. Francis

In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Felli

Position Wanted

Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job

Mi permette babbo!

While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law.

Premier mai

On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is undesirable, so

The Teacher and the Miracle

Don Juan, a widowed teacher, asks to be transferred to the capital to create a painting school and i

Dying as Hierarchs

Now in bankruptcy, the industrialist Merletti seeks the help of Mr. Frioppi, a rich ex-fascist with

The Peddler and the Lady

Peppino, a fishmonger on Campo de' Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide, a green

The Shortest Day

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an impor

Dad Becomes Mom

The Passaguai family is living peacefully, but then they go to see the magician Bhorman, starting a

Totò Story

Flesh Will Surrender

Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when

First Communion

The daughter of Signor Carloni is about to take her first communion. A problem arises when the dress

The Angel Wore Red

A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himsel

I due compari

Giovanni peddles useless pens in the streets of Rome with his sidekick Francesco, but his college-st

Professor, My Son

During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashame

Twist, lolite e vitelloni

The Last Wagon

Toto (Aldo Fabrizi), a Roman coachman with an old fashioned horse-drawn carriage who objects to the

Nerone

Parody of real life events of the Roman emperor Nero.

La Tosca

Rome, 1800. Napoleon threatens the power of the Church and executions of Jacobins are constant. Ange

I 4 moschettieri

4 con men take the place of the real musketeers and manage to steal the Queen's necklace but then gi

They Stole a Tram

Cesare Mancini is a tram driver who lives in Bologna. One day he accidentally hits a woman on a bicy

Rome-Paris-Rome

Vincenzo, a railwayman who works on the Rome-to-Paris line, has a wife in Italy and a mistress in Fr

100 Years of Love

Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti,

Prepotenti più di prima

Returning from his honeymoon, Marcella finds out she is pregnant. The to-be grandparents fight on wh

I prepotenti

Cesare, from Rome, and Mimì, from Naples, don't agree with their children marriage, so the young cou

Fra' Manisco cerca guai...

Father Pacifico is a genuine friar with a brisk manner, for this reason he is nicknamed Father Manis

There's Room Up Ahead

A witty tram driver helps out a jobless girl in wartime Rome.

The Four Monks

Four petty criminals pretend to be friars escaped from communist Hungary and go and live in a Sicili

The Za-Bum Circus

Anthology comedy/romance film

Mafia Things

A young man unwantedly gets caught up in an international gang war in this humorous crime farce!

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'

Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".

Ladies' Doctor

Dr. Lo Bianco, debt load, flees abroad and the headquarters avviatissimo study gynecological colleag

Emigrantes

The Story of William Tell

A short that follows the legend of Wilhelm Gorkeit of Tellikon (William Tell), the legendary archer

A Dog’s Life

Tragicomedy telling of the trials and tribulations of a troupe of variety show artists.

Tombolo, paradiso nero

Io piaccio

Roberto Maldi, a young scientist, is trying to find a serum capable of giving courage but he unwitti

7 Golden Monks

Count Raimondo and his girlfriend Veronique return to Italy from Switzerland carrying with them a lo

Variety carousel

A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, th

Paris Is Always Paris

A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways

The Lucky Five

Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore

We All Loved Each Other So Much

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday

Voice of Silence

The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover t

Anthony of Padua

Christmas at Camp 119

Second World War . Field 119 in California (USA ) . War is long over , but the Italian Prisoners Sti

Carefree Giovanni

In this entertaining drama, "Carefree Giovanni" (Sergio Castellitto) is the beleaguered last heir to

Rugantino

Gli italiani e le donne

A group of vignettes about men, mostly married, scheming to get women and the funny ways the schemes

Singing Café

Sor Clemente escapes the surveillance of his wife and goes to attend a variety show.

A Soldier and a Half

Nicola Carletti is a middle age 50-year old man who return to Italy with his family but he is drafte

To Live in Peace

An American prisoner, hidden by some Umbrian farmers, meets, drunk, with a German soldier who is als

The Age of Indiscretion

In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl.

Crazy Things

When young Dalia is mistakenly admitted to a mental institution, she is declared sane - but by a tru

Welcome Reverend!

A disguised thief talks himself into a countryside class fight immediately after WWII.

Ferdinand I King of Naples

The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and

Siamo tutti inquilini

Anna was the maid of a lady who inherited an apartment in a building in the center of Rome.

Donatella

Donatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas

Il teatro delle meraviglie

I 4 tassisti

Four comedic episodes follows different taxi drivers.

The Barons

Leopoldo Lalumera, grandson of a wealthy eighty-four-year-old baron, infuriated during a galactic co

The Wonders of Aladdin

Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.

It Happened in the Penitentiary

A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives.

Una di quelle

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

I pappagalli

Sunday is the only day off that house maids use to date the young men who cross their paths: doormen

I pinguini ci guardano

Il Teatro Delle Meraviglie - Documentario Di Propaganda N. 3

In a theatre in Rome, Aldo Fabrizi entertains an audience with a series of anti-English anecdotes an

Un po' di cielo

SuperTotò

After an introduction consisting of a series of close-ups of Totò, the anthology presents clips from

Rossellini and the City