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Ho scelto l'amore
1953-03-03
A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission
La ragazza di Via Veneto
1955-12-28
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
Le vacanze del Sor Clemente
1955-06-01
Sor Clemente tries to avoid an underwater fishing trip together with his authoritarian wife's friend
Winter Holidays
1959-06-18
Alberto Moretti arrives in Cortina D'Ampezzo, with daughter Marcella,who has just won a TV contest,
A Hero of Our Times
1955-09-15
Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and h
The Suitcase of Dreams
1953-10-29
A former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction uses them to set up
The Overcoat
1952-10-03
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city
Escape by Night
1960-07-31
In Nazi-occupied Rome, a beautiful bootlegger, to the chagrin of her lover, gives sanctuary to three
Ultima illusione
1955-01-01
Retired social worker "Petrucci" goes to live with a baker and his family with whom he soon becomes
A Mink Coat
1956-08-21
A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever
Mother's Heart
1954-09-24
An unworthy nephew, with the help of a girl who seduces the young guardian, robs the aunt of the fam
Desiderio 'e sole
1954-04-13
Men and Wolves
1957-02-08
Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful
La trappola di fuoco
1953-01-01
La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna
1952-03-07
To get ahead after he answers a newspaper ad for a business proposition, Passaguai borrows the more
In the Eddy of Sin
1954-10-30
After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with
The Mill on the Po
1949-09-28
In the Po Valley during the 19th century, a rich girl engaged to a well-to-do farmer ends up pennile
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
Nero's Mistress
1956-09-13
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is prepar
Days of Love
1954-11-19
A man and a woman would like to get married, but lack the necessary funds for the traditional "big"
Eroe vagabondo
1966-01-01
Noah earns his living as a plastic flower seller and despite his crushes and hardships, his sweet an
Le due madonne
1949-09-25
The Sword of the Rebellion
1964-09-16
A kind of Italian Robin Hood leads a fight against a tyrant and his henchmen.
Public Opinion
1954-02-26
Following the death of his wife in unclear circumstances, the mechanic Egisto Bianchi is accused of
A Day in Court
1954-01-28
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and
The Unfaithfuls
1953-02-04
A group of "respectable" people are all partly responsible for the suicide of a servant girl. They a
Variety Lights
1950-12-06
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal
Lacrime d'amore
1954-12-28
Susanna tutta panna
1957-09-20
A young Milanese pastry chef, Susanna, is working in the pastry shop of her family. She has to defen
La bella di Roma
1955-10-04
Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic police
The Gate of Heaven
1945-02-16
Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same
Totò all'inferno
1955-03-16
After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and
8½
1963-02-14
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by
The Hunt
1953-12-09
A young poacher is wrongly accused of killing the father of the woman he loves.
Pia de' Tolomei
1958-12-29
Pia de' Tolomei, despite being in love with Ghino Perticari, was forced to marry a nobleman from Sie
The Traffic Policeman
1960-11-16
An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous
Due soldi di felicità
1955-03-01
A country boy moves to the city to attempt a singing career and gets seduced by a soubrette.
The Inveterate Bachelor
1958-09-19
Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided
An American in Rome
1954-12-10
Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.
Cops and Robbers
1951-11-29
Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts perse
At the Edge of the City
1953-10-16
Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker
Pilgrim of Love
1954-10-30
In this farce Madame Dalia (Alda Mangini) is a mature countess/pseudo-spiritualist grifter who has r
Un uomo facile
1959-04-24
The changing fortunes of two boxers are explored in this interesting drama by Paolo Heusch, seen fro
Genitori in blue-jeans
1960-02-10
Some middle-aged Italian men try to have affairs with much-younger girls.
Operazione notte
1955-06-15
An unemployed young man has a relationship with the mistress of a rich industrialist. In order to es
The Mysteries of Paris
1957-08-21
Paris 1838, Prince Rodolphe vows on the deathbed of his friend Matilde to find Germain, the woman's
Toto and the Kings of Rome
1952-10-15
An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
Nerone '71
1962-04-07
A family from the province goes to CinecittÃ, hoping that their daughter will be assigned a part in
Trouble for the Legion
1953-08-27
Alberto Gherardi, a sailor is wrongly suspected of murder, flied and enroll into the Foreign Legion.
Vivendo, cantando, che male ti fò?
1957-10-10
The voice of one of his former classmates studying singing causes an irresistible itch for a wealthy
La canzone più bella
1957-01-01
La prigioniera della torre di fuoco
1953-01-01
Italy, 15th century: Marco and Cesco, two youths from rival families are friends but become enemies