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La Strada
1954-09-23
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus str
Getting Away with It the Italian Way
1962-05-04
Orazio Menicotti is a night policeman in Rome. One night he is present at a quarrel between husband
Boccaccio '70
1962-02-23
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy
Perfide.... ma belle
1958-12-12
Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's fath
Le vacanze del Sor Clemente
1955-06-01
Sor Clemente tries to avoid an underwater fishing trip together with his authoritarian wife's friend
The Gold of Naples
1954-12-03
A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza selle
The Swindle
1955-10-07
Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Itali
The Anatomy of Love
1954-03-16
Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.
Ferdinand I King of Naples
1959-12-22
The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and
The Widower
1959-11-20
Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose fact
Desiderio 'e sole
1954-04-13
The Seducer
1954-12-29
Alberto is forced to face his wife and his two lovers at the same time.
It Happened at the Police Station
1954-10-06
Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, howe
The Thief of Baghdad
1961-03-23
When Karim impersonates a prince Osman, he steals the heart of Amina the Sultans daughter. The real
Lettera napoletana
1954-07-11
Warehouseman "Franco" is set up by the son of his boss for robbery and cigarette smuggling. Can he p
Love song
1954-09-02
An aspiring singer is torn between the love for a devious ex-flame, the affection of a simple girl a
Casta diva
1954-12-27
As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and
Parola di ladro
1957-02-13
Desiderio is a gentleman thief who steals jewelry. Without him knowing, he is hired as a manager in
Mi permette babbo!
1956-12-06
While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law.
Good night… lawyer!
1955-03-16
A lawyer, married but temporarily alone at home, finds himself in the house a beautiful lady who tri
I piaceri dello scapolo
1960-03-30
Two middle-aged bachelors use the same apartment for their romantic meetings.
Caccia al marito
1960-08-24
Italy, Sixties. A four-storey beach resort, and they look for the man of their life. Will they succe
Love and Chatter
1958-01-31
Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the munici
The Last Judgment
1961-10-26
In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on
Il marito
1958-02-06
Alberto's marriage is a complete failure: his wife Elena is a hard woman influenced by her mother an
Adultero lui, adultera lei
1963-07-31
Lina, a young woman now tired of the constant betrayals from her husband, decides to cheat on him wi
Too Bad She's Bad
1954-12-28
When young and attractive Lina Stroppiani, a thief like the rest of her family, tries to steal the t
Incatenata dal destino
1956-02-24
Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!
1962-04-20
A self-taught amateur detective who learned his trade from a book finds himself caught between two g
Robin Hood and the Pirates
1960-12-23
On his way to (or from) the Crusades, Robin Hood is shipwrecked but saved by pirates who plan to ret
Nights of Cabiria
1957-10-03
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she re
The Temptation of Dr. Antonio
1962-02-23
Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo obsessively fights against what he perceives as immorality in Rome, only to be
Black Sunday
1960-08-11
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begi
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
1955-10-27
A lecherous governor of Naples in 1680 lusts after the wives of several peasants, particularly after
The She-Wolf
1953-09-25
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the sam
Neapolitan Turk
1953-09-16
Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up a
Totò all'inferno
1955-03-16
After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and
The Swordsman of Siena
1962-10-19
A 16th-century Spanish overlord hires Thomas Stanswood (Stuart Granger) to protect his, less than ea
I Am Semiramis
1963-03-22
Semiramis, a powerful and beautiful Assyrian queen, oversees the construction of the luxurious city
Roaring Years
1962-04-21
In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General) and
I'll See You on the Balcony
1953-11-13
Ignazio Panizza goes from one failure to the other until he meets a singer, Caterina, provided with
The Traffic Policeman
1960-11-16
An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous
No Sun in Venice
1957-05-31
Cute Sophie is an amoral French girl living in a sumptuous Venetian palazzo. She is the kept woman o
Are We Men or Corporals?
1955-08-26
These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, sufferi
It Happened in the Park
1953-12-18
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consume
La moglie è uguale per tutti
1955-10-21
Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary
The Bigamist
1956-02-17
A traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are for
Valley of the Doomed
1960-04-08
1860, the great Duchess of Parma, Maria Luisa, wants to provide her little state with train tracks,
La contessa azzurra
1960-09-16
Loreley looks back to the happy times when she became a silent movie star with the huge success of "
The Four Truths
1962-12-21
"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all
Black City
1961-09-16
A charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army general an
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
1958-03-29
Massimo Odiot, Marquis of Champcey d'Hauterive, has inherited his father's high-sounding title and a
Passionate song
1953-11-20
Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both parents, is taken as a housekeeper in the house of Mrs. Carla Parod
Napoli terra d'amore
1954-12-08
The story of an honest young man entangled by a night singer in the Camorra.
Knight Without a Country
1959-02-14
Ti aspetterò all'inferno
1960-10-29
When a diamond heist goes wrong, the three would-be robbers go on the run from the law. They soon fi
Femmina Senza Cuore
1952-09-06
Nannina is in love with Vincenzo who is poor and goes to Belgium to make his fortune. Nannina marrie