Roberto Andò directs this biopic about Sicilian aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa — who gained posthumous fame with his novel The Leopard Read More »
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion / Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970) Elio Petri, Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Crime, Drama
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
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Scipione l’africano / The Defeat of Hannibal (1937) Carmine Gallone, Annibale Ninchi, Camillo Pilotto, Fosco Giachetti, Drama, History, War
A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio’s futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama. Read More »
Cadaveri eccellenti / Illustrious Corpses (1976) Francesco Rosi, Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Crime, Thriller, Mystery
A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. Read More »
Miracolo a Milano / Miracle in Milan (1951) Vittorio De Sica, Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Read More »
I nostri mariti (1966) Luigi Filippo D’Amico, Dino Risi, Alberto Sordi, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Alessandro Cutolo, Comedy, Romance
Movies in three episodes due to three different hands. In the first, D’Amico, a young man is attracted by a rather masculine woman. Read More »
Col cuore in gola / I Am What I Am (1967) Tinto Brass, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Bernard meets Jane in a Night Club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident Read More »
Anima nera (1962) Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio Gassman, Nadja Tiller, Annette Stroyberg, Drama
A man with a past gets married and it seems that he will be able to start a new life, but an unexpected inheritance gets in the way and deteriorates the relationship with his wife. Read More »
L’uomo dalla croce / Man with a Cross (1943) Roberto Rossellini, Alberto Tavazzi, Roswita Schmidt, Attilio Dottesio, War, Drama
An extremely rare film by Roberto Rossellini, his third feature, made under the Fascist control of Italy. Read More »
Anima persa / Lost Soul (1977) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Deneuve, Danilo Mattei, Drama, Mystery
Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it’s soon obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.
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