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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 »
The Cat / Il gatto (1977) Luigi Comencini, Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Michel Galabru

Amedeo and Ofelia, middle aged brother and sister, own jointly an old decadent Read More »
The White Slave Trade / La tratta delle bianche (1952) Luigi Comencini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Marc Lawrence, Ettore Manni

Cunning and exploitative, Manfredi, the ruthless human trafficker, has always been good at lying. Read More »
The Dolls AKA Le bambole (1965) Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer

Four different facets of love Italian-style provide the basis of this episodic film. Read More »
Misunderstood (1966) Luigi Comencini, Anthony Quayle, Stefano Colagrande, Simone Giannozzi

Andrew’s brave front convinces his father that he is unaffected by his mother’s death. Read More »
Somewhere Beyond Love (1974) Luigi Comencini, Giuliano Gemma, Stefania Sandrelli, Brizio Montinaro

In this Italian film, part melodrama and part social/political commentary, two factory workers living in Northern Italy form a romantic connection. Read More »