Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi Read More »
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The Emperor of Capri AKA L’imperatore di Capri (1949) Luigi Comencini, Totò, Gianni Appelius, Galeazzo Benti
Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel Read More »
Italian Secret Service (1968) Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Françoise Prévost, Clive Revill
Manfredi is a war hero turned unemployed. He is hired by a British man Read More »
The Belle of Rome AKA La bella di Roma (1955) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa
Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman. Read More »
Behind Closed Shutters AKA Persiane chiuse (1951) Luigi Comencini, Massimo Girotti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Giulietta Masina
Sandra searches for her missing sister. For this, she enters the morally degraded seaside of Genoa. Read More »
Bread, Love and Dreams AKA Pane, amore e fantasia (1953) Luigi Comencini, Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini
Marshal Antonio Carotenuto is sent to Sagliena, an imaginary little village Read More »
The Cat AKA Il gatto (1977) Luigi Comencini, Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Michel Galabru
Amedeo and Ofelia, middle aged brother and sister, own jointly an old decadent Read More »
Merry Christmas… Happy New Year AKA Buon Natale… Buon anno (1989) Luigi Comencini, Virna Lisi, Michel Serrault, Mattia Sbragia
Gino and Elvira have been married for 40 years, but lack of money has forced them to part Read More »
The Adventures of Pinocchio AKA Le avventure di Pinocchio (1972) Luigi Comencini, Andrea Balestri, Nino Manfredi, Gina Lollobrigida
Based on Carlo Collodi’s classic novel, this mini-series is about an animated puppet Read More »
The White Slave Trade AKA La tratta delle bianche (1952) Luigi Comencini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Marc Lawrence, Ettore Manni
Cunning and exploitative, Manfredi, the ruthless human trafficker, has always been good at lying. Read More »
The Dolls AKA Le bambole (1965) Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer
Four different facets of love Italian-style provide the basis of this episodic film. Read More »
Misunderstood (1966) Luigi Comencini, Anthony Quayle, Stefano Colagrande, Simone Giannozzi
Andrew’s brave front convinces his father that he is unaffected by his mother’s death. Read More »
Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974) Luigi Comencini, Laura Antonelli, Alberto Lionello, Michele Placido
The Marquise Eugenia di Maqueda, an orphan raised by the nuns, marries Raimondo Corrao, but on their wedding night she finds out that he is her brother. Read More »
Somewhere Beyond Love (1974) Luigi Comencini, Giuliano Gemma, Stefania Sandrelli, Brizio Montinaro
In this Italian film, part melodrama and part social/political commentary, two factory workers living in Northern Italy form a romantic connection. Read More »
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy, Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Comedy
An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. Read More »