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Tag Archives: italian
Acts of the Apostles AKA Atti degli apostoli (1969) Roberto Rossellini, Bradai, Edoardo Torricella, Jacques Dumur
The spread of Christianity, according to Luke’s account, 30 years after the departure of Jesus Read More »
To Want to Fly AKA Volere volare (1991) Guido Manuli, Maurizio Nichetti, Angela Finocchiaro, Mariella Valentini
Martina is a professional lady whose clients are harmless if eccentric; she sees herself as a social worker. Read More »
The Demons of St. Petersburg AKA I demoni di San Pietroburgo (2008) Giuliano Montaldo, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Carolina Crescentini, Roberto Herlitzka
St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the imperial family is assassinated. A few days later, the writer Fëdor Michajlovic Dostoevskij Read More »
Neapolitan Turk AKA Un turco napoletano (1953) Mario Mattoli, Totò, Ignazio Balsamo, Isa Barzizza
Cocheletti deputy promised to send Don Pasquale, ripe, rich, and fruit and vegetable merchant Sorrento Read More »
Destination Piovarolo AKA Destinazione Piovarolo (1956) Domenico Paolella, Irene Cefaro, Marisa Merlini, Totò
Antonio La Quaglia, after three years of waiting, finally gets a job as stationmaster. Read More »
Bullets Over Dallas AKA Plomo sobre Dallas (1970) José María Zabalza, Carlos Quiney, Claudia Gravy, Luis Induni
The purchase of farms that occupy land through which the new railroad is going to run causes diverse problems. Read More »
And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave AKA Los buitres cavarán tu fosa (1971) Juan Bosch, Craig Hill, Fernando Sancho, Maria Pia Conte
Since the banditry is becoming uncontrollable shortly after the American Civil War, the transportation company Wells Fargo Read More »
Everybody in Jail AKA Tutti dentro (1984) Alberto Sordi, Joe Pesci, Dalila Di Lazzaro
The incorruptible judge Annibale Salvemini, starts investigating over a classic Italian business/politics/corruption affair. Read More »
The 10th Victim AKA La decima vittima (1965) Elio Petri, Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli
It is the 21st Century, and society’s lust for violence is satisfied by “The Big Hunt,” an international game of legalized murder. Read More »
Il Posto (1961) Ermanno Olmi, Sandro Panseri, Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich
Domenico and Antonietta are two suburban Italian youths who meet while seeking “a job for life” from a big city corporation. Read More »
Paura e amore (1988) Margarethe von Trotta, Fanny Ardant, Greta Scacchi, Valeria Golino
An adaptation of a classic “Three Sisters” play by Anton Chekhov. Read More »
The Band of Honest Men AKA La banda degli onesti (1956) Camillo Mastrocinque, Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Giulia Rubini
Janitor Antonio Buonocore joins his friend Lo Turco e Cardone, to print some counterfeit bills. Read More »
Figaro qua, Figaro là (1950) Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Totò, Isa Barzizza, Gianni Agus, Renato Rascel
The protagonist of the film, set in 1700, is Figaro, the barber of Seville Read More »
Eugenia Grandet (1946) Mario Soldati, Alida Valli, Gualtiero Tumiati, Giorgio De Lullo
Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Read More »