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- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsAldo FabriziTotòAve NinchiEsposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsTotòPeppino De FilippoDelia ScalaBaron Zazà, always broke due his dissolute lifestyle, decides to con a hefty sum of money out of his wealthy but greedy brother.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsTotòAnna CarenaAlberto SordiAn aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
- DirectorGero ZambutoStarsTotòErzsi PaálFranco CoopIn his first feature, great Italian clown Totò plays a carefree tramp moving from job to job, in order to provide for himself and his young Shirley Temple-like protégée.
- DirectorStenoMario MonicelliStarsTotòLea PadovaniFranca FaldiniScaparro, who works in a fabric store, must deal with irritating clients, and when he comes home he finds an unsatisfied, intrusive wife.
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsTotòPeppino De FilippoGiulia RubiniThree decent but clumsy men facing economic difficulties reluctantly start to fabricate counterfeit bills; the son of one of them is the cop who follows the case, ignoring his father's involvement.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsUgo TognazziVirna LisiTotòA petty thief pretends he is Mussolini's personal physician, wins the confidence of a family, and succeeds in stealing their gold cutlery.
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsPeppino De FilippoLaura AdaniCristina GaioniIn post-war Italy during the 1950s, finding a house to rent is so difficult that a family ends up living in a former brothel.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsTotòAnna Maria FerreroGianni CavalieriDuring a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get better acquainted with the young Carolina.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAnna MagnaniTotòBen GazzaraTortorella tries to spend New Year's Eve with her wealthy friends, but ends up with an actor in decay and a pickpocket.
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsTotòPeppino De FilippoFranco InterlenghiAntonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsTotòPaolo StoppaFiorella MariThese are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, suffering the harassment of Colonel Hammler, a cruel, despotic Nazi.
- DirectorStenoStarsTotòAldo FabriziCathia CaroMr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsTotòAlda ManginiLia AmandaBeniamino and his family have lived in a school since the end of World War II, but five years have passed and they are compelled to move, but finding an apartment in Rome is difficult. First he gets a job as keeper of a graveyard but during the night they mistake Checchino for a ghost and flee. Then they try lo live in the Coliseum. Lastly they find a fine, large apartment, only to find out that the same apartment has been rented to other people.
- DirectorEduardo De FilippoStarsEduardo De FilippoLeda GloriaDelia ScalaA combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis, then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens are Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo), who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto). The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in: a corpse used to conceal contraband; serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time; a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker.
- DirectorStenoStarsTotòIsa BarzizzaFulvia FrancoIn the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, ''Epopea italiana'', to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios. Will he succeed?
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsTotòVera MolnarNyta DoverA barber compelled by jealousy to commit murder spends 20 years in jail. But when he's released he cannot adapt to a changed world and the hypocrisy of his relatives, so he decides to return to prison.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsTotòLianella CarellPasquale CennamoA portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsTotòNinetto DavoliFemi BenussiTotò and his son Ninetto are drifting on a road in Italy when they meet a speaking crow.
- DirectorCarlo Ludovico BragagliaStarsTotòIsa BarzizzaGianni AgusIn the 18th century, Figaro the Sevillian barber is likely to be arrested because he operates his shop on Sundays, which is forbidden.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsTotòSophia LorenEnzo Turco"Miseria e Nobiltà" tells the story of the humble families of Felice Pasquale and his colleague who are hired by a Marquis who wants to marry the daughter of a rich but simple cook, so they pose as aristocrats.
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsTotòPeppino De FilippoDorian GrayTwo clumsy provincial uncles visit a metropolis to stop the relationship between their nephew and a woman of ill repute.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsTotòFranca ValeriPeppino De FilippoThe film is composed of several small stories that have to do with the votes of politicians in Italy in the sixties.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsTotòIsa BarzizzaGiuditta RissoneTotò Casamandrei sells his soul to a demon to win the Tour of Italy.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiPaul PaviotStarsVittorio De SicaDany RobinFrançois PérierA five-part compilation film. In "The Baby," a poverty-ridden couple with children decides that their newborn is too much and decide to leave him in a church, but the mother can't go through with it and decides to leave him in an expensive car; the father cannot go through with that and they take him back home. "The Hand of Providence": An old woman has been brooding for many years while the parish priest has been urging her to unburden herself by telling him all. She tells him that her life seems pointless and that she is thinking of suicide. Trying to dissuade her, the priest trips and falls over the edge of a cliff and saves himself by grasping a hanging bush. This convinces the woman that God holds life precious and she shouldn't give up hers. "On Location": An elderly actor and actress get parts in a film being shot on location and discover that they are old friends. They both confess to being lonely, and while rehearsing their scenes they decide that a future together would be most desirable. They drive off and leave the director needing two actors. "The Amorous Bus Driver": A Neapolitan bus driver does not let company regulations interfere with romance. "The Camera": A woman is after a camera offered as a prize on a chance-board. A man is after her. He borrows the camera to shoot some posed shots with her, but can't make the timer work.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsTotòNino TarantoErminio MacarioThe story takes inspiration from a real case: Bruneri/Canella, Italy 1926. A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo in the newspaper, Mrs. Ballerini realizes that he is her husband and brings him home; then Mrs. Polacich recognizes him as her husband. At one point he is brought to court accused of being a thief named Mr. LoBianco. Finally all of his identities are found to be false for different reasons, and he decides that from now on, it's just him and his dog.
- DirectorFernando CerchioStarsTotòMario PetriMaria Grazia SpinaJosé is a Neapolitan petty thief who escapes from the guards and hides himself in a barrel of Jamaican rum on the quay of the port of Naples.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsTotòFernandelNino BesozziAssola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsVittorio GassmanSylva KoscinaUgo TognazziThe well-known financier Pierluigi Bruscatelli is arrested after having paid two fraudsters with a bill of 100 000 lire.
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsTotòSylva KoscinaFernand GraveyDuclos's son, a worldly gangster, is compromised in a case of which he is innocent. The proof of this innocence is in the hands of a "competitor", the Marquis de Chemantel de Beauvoiron, a misguided aristocrat. He asks for $10 million to cede the document. Duclos then imagines Chemantel contracting $10 million in life insurance for his son. In Rome he discovers a tramp who looks just like the Marquis, so he brings the man to Paris and arrange his accidental.
- DirectorMauro BologniniMario MonicelliPier Paolo PasoliniStarsTotòUgo D'AlessioRegina SeiffertThe film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
- DirectorMauro BologniniVittorio De SicaPier Paolo PasoliniStarsSilvana ManganoAnnie GirardotFrancisco RabalFive short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio GassmanMarcello MastroianniRenato SalvatoriA motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
- DirectorLionello De FeliceStarsTotòJean-Claude PascalSimone SimonTapioca, a small-time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, where he is soon joined by Cascarilla, one of his apprentices who has become better than his master. When the owners arrive home, the latter offers the wife a bunch of love letters she has written to various lovers for ten million.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsNino ManfrediSenta BergerMario AdorfAn American gangster in Italy enlists a local gang to help him steal the treasure of Naples' patron saint.
- DirectorGianni FrancioliniStarsAntonio CifarielloFranco FabriziGiovanna RalliAlvaro is been in jail, so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello, and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They only need a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get it?
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsCiccio IngrassiaFranco FranchiGino CerviTwo jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.