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Difficult Years (1948) Luigi Zampa, Massimo Girotti
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. Read More »
The Leopard / Il gattopardo (1963) Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. Read More »
The Firemen of Viggiu (1949) Mario Mattoli, Nino Taranto, Totò, Vanda Osiris
Viggiù is a happy and peaceful town. Firefighters have just work. Read More »
The Mill on the Po (1949) Alberto Lattuada
Berta Scarceni is betrothed to Orbino Verginesi and the engagement is celebrated on the floating mill of the Scarceni. Read More »
Death Walks at Midnight (1972) Luciano Ercoli
Valentina, a beautiful fashion model, takes an experimental drug as part of a scientific experiment. While influenced by the drug, Valentina has a vision Read More »
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) Luigi Comencini
Based on Carlo Collodi’s classic novel, this mini-series is about an animated puppet named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. Read More »
Tragic Hunt (1947) Giuseppe De Santis, Vivi Gioi
Immediately after the war, a truck on which the newlyweds Michele and Giovanna travel Read More »
Rome 11:00 (1952) Giuseppe De Santis, Lucia Bosé
Based on an actual incident, this is the story of five girls (told in a slow beginning) who are among the 200 women Read More »
Chiamate 22-22 tenente Sheridan (1960)
Cathrine has been sentenced to the gas chamber but Police Lieutenant Sheridan Read More »