Nina has just started working as a chambermaid in Rome’s Imperial Hotel, a once grand but now slightly run down establishment. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Acts of the Apostles AKA Atti degli apostoli (1969) Roberto Rossellini, Bradai, Edoardo Torricella, Jacques Dumur
The spread of Christianity, according to Luke’s account, 30 years after the departure of Jesus Read More »
Mambo (1954) Robert Rossen, Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie, Vittorio Gassman
Silvana Mangano (a very lovely & sexy voiced actress) plays a young, poor Venetian woman, Giovanna Masetti. Read More »
The Demons of St. Petersburg AKA I demoni di San Pietroburgo (2008) Giuliano Montaldo, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Carolina Crescentini, Roberto Herlitzka
St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the imperial family is assassinated. A few days later, the writer Fëdor Michajlovic Dostoevskij Read More »
Neapolitan Turk (1953) Un turco napoletano
Cocheletti deputy promised to send Don Pasquale, ripe, rich, and fruit and vegetable merchant Sorrento Read More »
Destination Piovarolo AKA Destinazione Piovarolo (1956) Domenico Paolella, Irene Cefaro, Marisa Merlini, Totò
Antonio La Quaglia, after three years of waiting, finally gets a job as stationmaster. Read More »
Five Dollars for Ringo AKA 5 dollari per Ringo (1966) Ignacio F. Iquino, Juan Xiol, Julio Pérez Tabernero, Alberto Farnese, Miguel Gila
Sheriff Lester Sands travels to Lindsborg in the hope of finding outlaws operating in the region. Read More »
And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave AKA Los buitres cavarán tu fosa (1971) Juan Bosch, Craig Hill, Fernando Sancho, Maria Pia Conte
Since the banditry is becoming uncontrollable shortly after the American Civil War, the transportation company Wells Fargo Read More »
The War of the Planets AKA I diafanoidi vengono da Marte (1966) Antonio Margheriti, Tony Russel, Lisa Gastoni, Franco Nero
In the 21st century, aliens (weird, green, lights which sometimes manifest themselves as large clouds of smoke) invade the solar system. Read More »
Everybody in Jail AKA Tutti dentro (1984) Alberto Sordi, Joe Pesci, Dalila Di Lazzaro
The incorruptible judge Annibale Salvemini, starts investigating over a classic Italian business/politics/corruption affair. Read More »