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In the Highest of Skies (1977) Silvano Agosti, Livio Barbo, Edy Biagetti, Giorgio Bonora
A group of pilgrims in the Vatican is trapped in an enclosed elevator. Read More »
A Pistol Shot (1942) Renato Castellani, Assia Noris, Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Centa
Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Read More »
We, the Women (1953) Gianni Franciolini, Alfredo Guarini, Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Isa Miranda
Five portraits of actresses in their “common” life, seen as women rather than movie stars. Read More »
True Story of the Nun of Monza (1980)
Sister Virginia de Leyva becomes the new Mother Superior at the convent of Monza. Read More »
Omicron (1963) Ugo Gregoretti, Renato Salvatori, Rosemary Dexter, Gaetano Quartararo
In this Italian sci-fi comedy the corpse of a laborer is inhabited and revived by an Omicron – an alien being. Read More »
L’alcova Dei Piaceri Proibiti (1994) Luca Damiano, Julia Chanel, Pussycat, Simona Valli
The whole thing is basically a hardcore remake of D’Amato’s very successful period softcore picture “L’Alcova” Read More »
Liza (1972) Marco Ferreri, Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Corinne Marchand
Withdrawn to a remote and desolate Mediterranean island, Giorgio, a comics’ illustrator Read More »
The Demon (1963) Brunello Rondi, Daliah Lavi, Frank Wolff, Anna María Aveta
Purif, young peasant of the South Italy, is considered from the people a possessed one and a witch. Read More »
The Murri Affair (1974) Mauro Bolognini, Catherine Deneuve, Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister’s reactionary Read More »