During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape. Read More »
Tag Archives: Anna Magnani
The Last Wagon / L’ultima carrozzella (1943) Mario Mattoli, Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Anita Durante
The roman coachman Totò doesn’t want his coach being replaced by cars Read More »
The Passionate Thief / Risate di gioia (1960) Mario Monicelli, Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara
On New Year’s Eve, an insecure, struggling actress (Anna Magnani) has nothing to do. Read More »
Down with Misery / Abbasso la miseria! (1945) Gennaro Righelli, Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi, Virgilio Riento
The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni Read More »
Peddlin’ in Society / 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 Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) Stanley Kramer, Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi
Bombolini is a fairly-worthless drunk in the small Italian town of Santa Vittoria Read More »
Mamma Roma (1962) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti
After many years working in the streets of Roma, the middle-age whore Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) Read More »
The War of the Volcanoes / La guerra dei vulcani (2012) Francesco Patierno, Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Roberto Rossellini
The story of how Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman fell in love whilst collaborating on a film in Stromboli. Read More »
Vulcano / Volcano (1950) William Dieterle, Anna Magnani, Rossano Brazzi, Geraldine Brooks
While awaiting Production Code seal approval in the USA this Italian-made production went Read More »
The Fugitive Kind (1960) Sidney Lumet, Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani
Having fled New Orleans to avoid arrest, the undeniably alluring Valentine “Snakeskin” Xavier (Val) Read More »