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- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsCarlo BattistiMaria Pia CasilioLina GennariAn elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAlberto SordiGiulietta MasinaBrunella BovoDuring a day of their honeymoon, newlyweds are separated by the city's lust and the desires it produces.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsIngrid BergmanAlexander KnoxEttore GianniniA wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsAnna MagnaniOdoardo SpadaroNada FiorelliThree men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsGérard PhilipeGina LollobrigidaMarcel HerrandSwashbuckling adventures of young army recruit Fanfan la Tulipe during the reign of King Louis XV in 18th Century France.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsFernandelGino CerviVera TalchiA determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.
- DirectorGiuseppe De SantisStarsLucia BosèCarla Del PoggioMaria Grazia FranciaBased on an actual incident, this is the story of five girls (told in a slow beginning) who are among the 200 women who answer a want ad for a modest secretarial position one rainy morning in Rome in 1951. They crowd and push their way into the old building and fight their way up the stairs to await an interview, only to be told there is not enough time to interview all. A scuffle breaks out and the stairway collapses sending many of them hurtling down in a mass of bodies amid brick and mortar. Among them are the well-born wife of a poor artist;, a streetwalker making an attempt to change her life; an unhappy servant girl; and the desperate wife of an unemployed factory worker. How the event changes or fails to change their lives is told.
- DirectorYves AllégretClaude Autant-LaraEduardo De FilippoStarsMichèle MorganFrançoise RosayJean DebucourtA French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins---actually eight as two of the sins are covered in one episode while a new "eighth unknown sin" has an episode of its own. Gerald Philipe is a wry, flip carnival barker who introduces each episode and then narrates the last episode dealing with the "eighth unknown sin" which is the sin of thinking evil where none exists. The first Italian contribution is "Avarice and Anger" concerning a well-to-do real estate agent and his frowzy wife, both uncompromisingly selfish in love and economics; the second Italian entry, "Envy", directed by Roberto Rossellini, from a story by Colette, is a glimpse into the newly-married life of an aging artist and his young wife, whom he treats as a chattel and she, consumed by the envy of his talent, friends and even his cat, tries to do away with the cat; "Pride" is about a couple of down-at-the-heels aristocrats trying to keep up pretenses in the face of utter poverty; "Lust" shows the devastating effects of careless adult behavior on an impressionable child; "Sloth" shows the powers above deciding that life on earth is moving at a too-fast pace and they send an emissary to slow things down, while "Gluttony" is a burlesque piece that the reviewers of the day called in bad taste.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsGennaro PisanoMarilyn BuferdWilliam TubbsA photographer in a small fishing village is visited by a man who claims to be Saint Andrea. The Saint gives him a special camera device to solve the village's ills - by taking a photograph of an existing picture, the photo subject dies.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsGérard PhilipeMartine CarolGina LollobrigidaA young composer has vivid dreams of the past that reflect, yet conflict with his waking life.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsRenato RascelYvonne SansonGiulio StivalBased on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, THE OVERCOAT is the story of a poor city hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
- DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsLeonora RuffoGino CerviGino LeuriniThe Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsEleonora Rossi DragoMarc LawrenceEttore ManniA police officer meets a girl who is near to falling into the net of shady individuals. To prevent this, he invites her into the police station and tells her a story.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerStarsLucia BosèCosetta GrecoMarcello MastroianniThree beautiful seamstresses from one of the fashionable dress salons near the Piazza de Spagna in Rome gather on the steps of the square to eat lunch and talk of their love lives. Marisa, the oldest in a large family, is engaged to a truck driver; Elena lives with her widowed mother and is in love with an opportunist, Alberto, who is also romancing the boss's daughter; Lucia lives on the outskirts of Rome, where a small-in-stature jockey worships her but, she, however has eyes for only tall men, and keeps many of those on a string.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsPaul MuniJoan LorringVittorio ManuntaA nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses the milk money. These two come together in the same hiding place.
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsMarcel MouloudjiRaymond PellegrinAntoine BalpêtréThe problem of the reasonableness of capital punishment.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsMarc LawrenceGiovanna PalaTerence HillFive kids, schoolmates, Gianni, Andrea, Mario, Ugo and Nino, playing with each other, break a papier-mâché horseback, inside which is a note written by a lifer, in his opinion unjustly imprisoned, which appeals to anyone who reads the message to make it escape from imprisonment, taken for granted in the castle of Monteforte, used as a prison for years.
- DirectorRenato CastellaniStarsMaria FioreVincenzo MusolinoFilomena RussoA love story between a poor fellow and a daughter of respected workshop owner set in an Italian post-war village.
- 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?
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsWalter ChiariDelia ScalaVittorio GassmanAn old gentleman, a direct descendant of Zorro, has a single son named Raimundo in whom there is no trace of proud pride.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsAldo FabriziPina RenziEnzo StaiolaA number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
- DirectorGoffredo AlessandriniFrancesco RosiStarsAnna MagnaniRaf ValloneAlain CunyThe story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination. Although the defence of Rome has become impossible, Garibaldi declares his intent to continue the struggle for republican liberty and a unified Italy. With a following of four thousand men he begins a march across the Apennines with the aim of reaching Venice which is under siege but still resisting. However, the Bourbons and the Austrians pursue the volunteers who have in their ranks Frattini, a traitor secretly working to disunite the small but brave force. Many in fact desert and even the most loyal officer, Bueno, gives in to Frattini's proposals to impose summary justice. Anita Garibaldi, whom her husband had left behind in Rome because she was expecting a baby, rejoins him, and her influence, courage and vivacity succeed in restoring unity. San Marino gives refuge to the surviving force and the Austrians offer a cease-fire. But the terms of surrender proposed by the Austrians are so severe that Garibaldi prefers to disband his men, and during the night leaves for Venice with a few faithful. Many Garibaldi supporters are shot and Anita also dies. Garibaldi and Bueno manage to escape with the help of local peasants.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAmedeo NazzariSilvana PampaniniPaolo StoppaTurn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime organization, the Camorra, fear and corruption cause serious hindrances to the investigation by police authorities. In charge is a young and courageous judge who, using evidence discovered by chance, tries to reconstruct the story of the double murder. The plot that the judge must unravel is very complicated. Many people are questioned, even those apparently above suspicion. Deciding to get to the bottom of the matter, the judge keeps all the suspects under arrest, causing a backlash of public opinion. But in the face of passive resistance which he finds everywhere, even from his own colleagues and family, he begins to feel discouraged and is about to give up the investigation when a new piece of evidence comes to light. The information causes the death of an innocent man, but it revives in the judge the conscience of his own responsibility. He carries on with the case regardless, even if it means placing under house arrest the entire city.
- DirectorCesare BarlacchiStarsSophia LorenFranca TamantiniPaolo SilveriWhile not completly stage-bound, this film of Donizetti's opera doesn't stray far from such an impression. The story of a tragic love affair involving commoners and royality in 1340 Spain finds Ferdinand (Gino Sininberghi) falling in love with a young lady (role played by Sophia Loren, billed as Sophia Lazzaro, while Palmira Vitali does the singing), who is a favorite of the King (Paolo Silveri.) Ferdinand returns from the wars as a hero and the King grants him anything he wishes and he chooses his mysterious lady. But when he learns of her true position, he forsakes her.
- DirectorClemente FracassiStarsMarcello MastroianniEleonora Rossi DragoAmedeo NazzariThe shortened USA running time for "Sensualita", (which, by the way, was not financed nor produced by Paramount Pictures, although some source seems to think so) is because most of the sweating-in-the-stables and toil-in-the-soil love-making is largely missing from the film but retained in the ads and posters. Refugee Franca Gabre (Eleanora Rossi Drago) comes to the Po Valley with intent to use her obvious attributes and man-swaying talents to gain some security. A gals gotta do what a gal's gotta do. She targets farm-owning brothers Riccardo (Amedo Nazzari) and Carlo Sartori (Marcello Mastroianni)and uses the latter in an attempt to reach Riccardo, the older brother. He resists all of her seductive ways---including her walk copied from Marilyn Monroe---and she runs off with Carlo. Riccardo follows and finds out they are married. Now, he gets interested. Somebody has to die.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsGino CerviGina LollobrigidaNadia GrayA poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in return for patronage.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsDaniel GélinMartine CarolEdwige FeuillèreOn the eve of his wedding André Noblet remembers the adorable creatures he's met. Christiane dreaming of adventures, Minouche who snatches him away, Denise who supports the arts. And Catherine who marries him and also starts dreaming.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsMichèle MorganJean GabinDaniel GélinOn the night of their tenth anniversary, Doctor Rene Richard accidentally discovers that his wife, actress Madeleine Richard, has been having an affair with a disturbed artist, Daniel Prevost who has just attempted suicide. He confronts her and she spends the night trying to explain the reasons for her infidelity...he took their marriage for granted, he spent too much time at work, he appeared to be attracted to his pretty assistant and yada, yada, yada...in two languages and some badly-dubbed English. Will he buy this? Will they stay together?
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsRaf ValloneCosetta GrecoMarcello MastroianniGino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second division. Just before a very important match a girl he has a relationship with proposes him to rig it. He refuses the offer but he actually begins playing like an amateur and the crowd begin to smell something fishy going on.
- DirectorDuilio ColettiStarsNino TarantoAlberto SordiVirgilio RientoAchille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches.
- DirectorGianni FrancioliniVittorio De SicaStarsVittorio De SicaSabuMaría MercaderVittorio De Sica is a teacher struggling to take care of his family and always dreaming that Parliament will increase the salaries for teachers and life will become easier for his wife, Maria Mereander, and kids. An Indian prince (Sabu) visits Italy, is assisted by the teacher, and gives De Sica a baby elephant as a reward. This upsets the landlord, Nando Bruno, the other tenants and the neighborhood . He takes the elephant away but, like Lassie, it comes home.
- DirectorAugusto GeninaStarsLia AmandaIsa PolaBruno VecchiWhile recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsTotòAnna CarenaAlberto SordiAn aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsEllen RaschTito GobbiEva HenningItalian opera singer visits the Royal Opera in Stockholm and falls in love with the prima ballerina.
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsRaf ValloneJacques CastelotSilvana PampaniniMandrin, the French army deserter, becomes the leader of a gang of smugglers in Piedmont. He is loved by the beautiful innkeeper Rosetta but draws attention to the Marquise de Montbricourt, favorite of the king, who comes from Versailles just to see him. She will saved his life and allow him to marry Rosetta.
- DirectorFrancesco De RobertisStarsAntonio CapriceGiuseppe CarignaniLudovico CerianaIn 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. After crossing an extensive area of Soviet territory the men arrive at a village that seems deserted. A patrol sent on reconnaissance comes under machine-gun fire from the top of a bell-tower. During the fighting that follows a young woman named Kalina is captured by the Italians, but in order to win favour with the local people she is spared. A peaceful rapport then builds up between Italian soldiers and Russian villagers, and a special fondness grows between Kalina and Captain Valli, the colonel's godson. Suddenly, the men receive orders to depart and make their way to the front line which is under Russian siege. However, the German commander does not believe the Italian presence will be effective, so on a point of honour the Savoy Cavalry decide to demonstrate their worth. Moving to the front they charge into the enemy batteries and eventually overwhelm them. Sadly, few survive the heroic charge.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsAmedeo NazzariCosetta GrecoSaro UrzìIn 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers fight in the hills against the bandits who are holding their country to ransom.
- DirectorJosé Luis Sáenz de HerediaStarsRaf ValloneElena VarziJulio PeñaMartin, a perfume seller coincide with his former classmate and bright, Roberto, who has left her lover planted tonight. Roberto Martin accompanies her home and meets his wife Berta, which falls in love. To get it, he will devise the perfect murder.
- 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.
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsJean-Pierre AumontCarla Del PoggioFernand LedouxA secret agent is summoned by the head of a counter espionage organization, to Trieste where he is to unmask a potential enemy operating in Venice.
- DirectorYves AllégretStarsJean MaraisFrançoise ChristopheJean DebucourtAfter being hurt in the face, Count de Roger Tinchebraye is forced to hide his disfigured face behind a leather mask. Dispirited for a while, he decides to become a Casanova-like seductor. When he meets true love, cynical Roger does not believe in it and lets pure Judith marry an old marquis. But once Judith's husband dies, he sees Judith again, shows her his disfigured face, which does not discourage the young woman from loving him. Nevertheless, he distances himself from her forever
- DirectorVittorio CottafaviStarsRossano BrazziYvette LebonArmando FrancioliAn official, betrayed by his lady servant, joins musketeers such as Athos, while she turns into a countess and a spy that will eventually be executed.
- DirectorArthur Maria RabenaltStarsRossano BrazziAnne VernonGianni SantuccioSiegfried, count of Treves, who has just married Genevieve, the beautiful daughter of the Duke of Brabant, must go to the Crusades. He then decides to leave his dear wife under the protection of Golo, his majordomo. But the latter, having coveted Genevieve in secret, takes advantage of the count being away to make advances to her. Rejected by the chaste lady, Golo falls into a fit of rage and swears revenge. He soon manages to have Genevieve falsely accused of infidelity and the poor woman, although innocent, is condemned to death. Luckily, she is spared by the executioner and hides in a cave with her baby, nourished by a roe. Six years later, Siegfried, who is hunting in this forest, comes across Genevieve and a little boy, who is also his son...
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsSilvana PampaniniCarlo DapportoAve NinchiA singer and operetta dancer works in a small french town where the authorities want to expel her because of her scandalous conduct and performance. When a puritan judge closes the show, the woman will take revenge involving the judge in an affair before the selfsame Justice minister. From that moment on, a series of diversions and misunderstandings will play out leading the main characters to the city of Paris.
- DirectorGiulio MorelliStarsWilliam TubbsLia AmandaClelia Matania
- DirectorGuy LefrancStarsMadeleine RobinsonJeanne MoreauJane MarkenA young girl leaves college to live with the mother she never met.
- DirectorDomenico PaolellaStarsMarco VicarioCosetta GrecoAnna Maria FerreroThrough a series of scenes inspired by famous songs, various episodes of Italian life in the last fifty years are recalled.
- DirectorBernard VorhausStarsSusan StephenAnna Maria FerreroJacques SernasLorna, the daughter of an American playboy, enters a girls' school for the international smart-set, in the Alps, where the main course of study appears to be how to trap a rich man. At first, she is dominated and looked down on by the school ring-leaders, and forced into rooming with - horrors - a scholarship student. But when a rich young American shows interest in her she is elevated to the international clique of the upper-termers. Then she falls in love with - horrors again - a poor local mountaineer.
- DirectorDuilio ColettiStarsYvonne SansonFrank VillardFrançoise RosayWrongly accused of his wife's death, a marine officer is forced to resign and sees his life fall apart.
- DirectorVittorio CottafaviStarsFrank LatimoreLianella CarellAlessandro SerbaroliDuring World War II, a young Italian woman falls in love with a British soldier, who turns out to be a worthless bum. Things deteriorate to the point where tragedy strikes and the woman is put on trial for shooting her boyfriend to death. Based on a true story.
- DirectorAldo FabriziStarsAldo FabriziErminio MacarioAve NinchiTo get ahead after he answers a newspaper ad for a business proposition, Passaguai borrows the more impressive apartment of a retired actor and arranges an elaborate luncheon there.
- DirectorOreste BiancoliStarsMarcello MastroianniMarina VladyCamillo PilottoPenne Nere is set in Italy during the last crucial two years of World War II, after the Badoglio government signed an armistice with the Allies. Throughout the nation the original Fascist army is disbanded and soldiers are pretty much on their own. One such soldier is Pietro (Marcello Mastroianni), who is on his way to his home village of Stella and his beloved Gemma. Once in the village, he gets involved with other soldiers and the villagers in an action to prevent a battalion of Germans from blowing up their dam.
- DirectorAnton Giulio MajanoStarsMarcello MastroianniGianna Maria CanaleMarco VicarioAs the Legion Etrangère puts in at Napoli, legionnaire Walter escapes from the ship to meet a woman he still loves ,in spite of his five years away from home.
- DirectorGiorgio SimonelliStarsErminio MacarioFranca MarziRossana PodestàHamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsGino LeuriniLeonora RuffoAldo FiorelliA young man is a servant in the court of a great king of Dalmatia.He was bought when he was still a child ,but he is a high-born gentleman.
- DirectorEduardo De FilippoStarsPeppino De FilippoTitina De FilippoEduardo De FilippoOreste is known for his deliberation and caution in handling license forms at his office.But when he needs money to send his 3 girls off to Capri to find rich suitors, he is tempted to take bribes to put a license through more quickly.
- DirectorAldo FabriziStarsAldo FabriziAve NinchiGiovanna Ralli
- DirectorMarcello MarchesiVittorio MetzStarsWalter ChiariAnna Maria FerreroCarlo CampaniniA high school girl, enamored by her young teacher, follows him and discovers that his home life holds many secrets.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsWalter ChiariRiccardo BilliMario RivaA cook from Sardinia who had emigrated to Milan goes back to his native island thinking he has inherited some money with his uncles death. He finds out he has to avenge his death instead.
- DirectorRaffaello MatarazzoStarsAmedeo NazzariYvonne SansonFrançoise RosayStefano marries Maria by proxy after moving to Canada.
- DirectorEnzo Di GianniStarsEva NovaCesare DanovaNyta Dover
- DirectorDomenico PaolellaStarsNino TarantoFrancesco GolisanoHélène RémyAfter ending up in jail, a thief in Naples with a beautiful fiance and a good friend has to decide which path his life should take.
- DirectorMario BonnardStarsCarla Del PoggioHélène RémyRaffaella CarràA gangster returns to Rome after six years abroad.
- DirectorMax NeufeldStarsMario RivaRiccardo BilliLilia Landi
- DirectorLuigi CapuanoStarsMarisa MerliniSandro RuffiniLeda Gloria
- DirectorUbaldo Maria Del ColleStarsYvonne SansonIrene GalterAlberto FarneseLuisa, a wealthy widow accustomed to organizing social parties, has been having an unhappy passionate affair for a year with Fabrizio, one of her janitors, who humiliates and exploits her. In order to escape this situation, she moves to a small fishing village, where she seduces a young boatman who is already romantically linked to Mariella, the poor but beautiful soap-and-water girl who is called the "fishermen's angel" in the village.
- DirectorMario CostaStarsGiacomo RondinellaMaria FioreNadia GrayA comedy with lots of Neapolitan songs and shots of the Bay of Naples finds Maria Morelli unable to marry her singing sailor/lover, Giacomo because her father, Don Salvatdore Morelli objects. She can't elope because her father has an heart ailment and uses it to hold Maria. Giacomo misunderstands and takes off on a global singing tour.
- DirectorEnrico BombaStarsMilly VitaleFolco LulliEduardo Ciannelli
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsEduardo De FilippoAldo FabriziTitina De FilippoFour poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own day with the car and get some gratification. Some will get it, others will not. And the fifth poor fellow?
- DirectorPier Luigi FaraldoStarsDoris DurantiMarcello MastroianniFranca MarziMarco returns home after eight years of exile by the war and as a prisoner of war to find his beloved married to an other and his own son alienated enough to prefer the substitute father to Marco, whereupon
- DirectorSergio GriecoStarsPeppino De FilippoTitina De FilippoLiliana BonfattiA young man in love with a girl whose father--his employer--does not approve of him, disguises himself as a hunchback to get into the father's good graces.
- DirectorFausto SaraceniStarsEttore ManniOlga SolbelliPaul MullerCapodistria, 1915. Captain Nazario Sauro, an officer in the Autrian Navy, is one of those patriots who militate for Italy to enter World War I. When he is about to be arrested by the Austrian authorities he chooses to desert. Once in Venice he enlists in the Italian Navy and becomes an officer in a submarine where his perfect knowledge of the coast of Istria proves particularly helpful. But when his submarine runs aground near the island of Munje, he is captured by the Austrians, sentenced to death for high treason and hanged in 1916.
- DirectorLionello De FeliceStarsLuciano TajoliAntonella LualdiVittorio SanipoliBiography of popular singer Luciano Tajoli, who at a young age was afflicted with polio which prevented him from becoming an opera singer. Instead he found popularity as a lyrical singer and actor.
- DirectorAldo VerganoStarsMarina BertiMassimo SeratoGuido Celano
- DirectorGiorgio Walter ChiliStarsCarlo GiustiniMilly VitaleOscar AndrianiItaly, 15th century: Marco and Cesco, two youths from rival families are friends but become enemies when they both fall in love with the same girl, Germana, who is kept prisoner by Cesco's family in a tower. Germana is however in love with Marco and Cesco, feeling betrayed, has Marco imprisoned. During a battle Marco proves however his loyalty to his friend, who falls unfortunately deadly wounded.