Gino and Elvira have been married for 40 years, but lack of money has forced them to part Read More »
Tag Archives: Luigi Comencini
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 »
Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974) Luigi Comencini, Laura Antonelli, Alberto Lionello, Michele Placido
The Marquise Eugenia di Maqueda, an orphan raised by the nuns, marries Raimondo Corrao Read More »
The Belle of Rome / La bella di Roma (1955) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa
Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman. Read More »
Behind Closed Shutters / Persiane chiuse (1951) Luigi Comencini, Massimo Girotti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Giulietta Masina
Sandra searches for her missing sister. For this, she enters the morally degraded seaside of Genoa. Read More »
Pane, amore e gelosia / Frisky (1954) Luigi Comencini, Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini
In a small Italian village, Maria De Ritis is engaged to army Lieutenant Pietro Stelluti. Read More »
Three Nights of Love / 3 notti d’amore (1964) Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini, Catherine Spaak, John Phillip Law, Renato Salvatori
Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi Read More »
The Emperor of Capri / L’imperatore di Capri (1949) Luigi Comencini, Totò, Gianni Appelius, Galeazzo Benti
Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel Read More »
Italian Secret Service (1968) Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Françoise Prévost, Clive Revill
Manfredi is a war hero turned unemployed. He is hired by a British man Read More »
Bread, Love and Dreams / Pane, amore e fantasia (1953) Luigi Comencini, Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini
Marshal Antonio Carotenuto is sent to Sagliena, an imaginary little village Read More »