A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father Read More »
Tag Archives: Vittorio De Sica
Scandal in Sorrento AKA Pane, amore e… (1955) Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Lea Padovani
Marshall Antonio Carotenuto comes back to native Sorrento to take care of the local fire brigade. Read More »
It Happens in Roma AKA Gli ultimi cinque minuti (1955) Giuseppe Amato, Linda Darnell, Vittorio De Sica, Peppino De Filippo
Renata and Carlo covet the same apartment in Rome. They first quarrel but Carlo finds Read More »
Red Roses AKA Rose scarlatte (1940) Giuseppe Amato, Vittorio De Sica, Renée Saint-Cyr, Umberto Melnati
A man poses as a mysterious admirer to find out whether his wife would cheat on him. Read More »
The Wonders of Aladdin AKA Le meraviglie di Aladino (1961) Mario Bava, Henry Levin, Donald O’Connor, Noëlle Adam, Vittorio De Sica
A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie Read More »
Peddlin’ in Society AKA Abbasso la ricchezza! (1946) Gennaro Righelli, Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica, Virgilio Riento
Thanks to wartime smuggling Gioconda Perfetti, a roman fruit vendor, becomes very rich. Read More »
The Traffic Policeman AKA Il vigile (1960) Luigi Zampa, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Marisa Merlini
An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city Read More »
Count Max AKA Il conte Max (1957) Giorgio Bianchi, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Anne Vernon
Alberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life Read More »
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct AKA Maddalena… zero in condotta (1940) Vittorio De Sica, Vera Bergman, Carla Del Poggio
A young man studying in an academy secretarial practice makes writing letters addressed Read More »
Nero’s Big Weekend AKA Mio figlio Nerone (1956) Steno, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Read More »
Marriage Italian Style AKA Matrimonio all’italiana (1964) Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi
Domenico, a successful businessman, with an eye for the girls 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 »
Heart and Soul AKA Cuore (1948) Duilio Coletti, Vittorio De Sica, María Mercader, Giorgio De Lullo
A young student of an upper-class background who is surrounded by classmates Read More »
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis AKA Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970) Vittorio De Sica, Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger
Mussolini’s Italy, late 1930s: the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading wealthy Jewish families. Read More »
The Moralist AKA Il moralista (1959) Giorgio Bianchi, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Franco Fabrizi
Augustino works as the General Secretary of Social Morality Union Read More »