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Tag Archives: Mario Camerini
Heartbeat AKA Batticuore (1939) Mario Camerini, Assia Noris, John Lodge, Rubi Dalma
The sole girl pupil of a school for pickpockets is caught in the act stealing Read More »
Giallo (1934) Mario Camerini, Assia Noris, Sandro Ruffini, Elio Steiner
A woman becomes convinced that her husband is an infamous wife-killer intent on adding her to his list of victims. Read More »
T’amerò sempre (1933) Mario Camerini, Elsa De Giorgi, Nino Besozzi, Mino Doro
When young Adriana gives birth to her daughter, she understands that her baby’s father Read More »
The Almost Perfect Crime AKA Delitto quasi perfetto (1966) Mario Camerini, Philippe Leroy, Pamela Tiffin, Graziella Granata
The journalist Paolo Respighi meets the nuns who ask him to accompany the young Annie Robson Read More »
Wife for a Night AKA Moglie per una notte (1952) Mario Camerini, Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray
A libidinous count, out of his wife’s sight, pursues a mysterious woman. Read More »
Mister Max (1937) Mario Camerini, Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Rubi D’Alma
Vittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall Read More »
Three Cornered Hat (1935) Mario Camerini, Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo, Leda Gloria
In the seventeenth century, the Spanish governor of Naples is set in a beautiful mill and Read More »
Run with the Devil (1960) Mario Camerini, Antonella Lualdi, Gérard Blain, Franco Fabrizi
Stefano is a talented painter, devoted to his art but not interested in promoting himself Read More »
Ma non è una cosa seria / But It’s Nothing Serious (1937) Mario Camerini, Vittorio De Sica, Elisa Cegani, Umberto Melnati, Comedy, Romance
Based on a Pirandello play, Vittori De Sica plays a wealthy young social lion who has to constantly fight off a horde of women who are eager to marry him because of his position and money. Read More »
Darò un milione / I’ll Give a Million (1935) Mario Camerini, Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Luigi Almirante, Comedy
Daro un Milione was another felicitous collaboration between director Mario Camerini and his favorite star Vittorio de Sica. Read More »
La bella mugnaia / The Miller’s Beautiful Wife (1955) Mario Camerini, Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Comedy
Alla fine del ‘600 nel napoletano sotto la dominazione spagnola, il mugnaio Luca cerca di arrabattarsi per non pagare le gabelle che impone Don Teofilo, il governatore, con il consiglio di Gardunia; da quella sulla pioggia (anche quando non c’è) a quella sul matrimonio. In questo è aiutato dalla bella moglie Carmela; diventa così amico di tutti i potenti del vicinato che sperano di conquistare le grazie della moglie. Tra i potenti vi è anche il governatore che, dietro consiglio di Gardunia, fa imprigionare Luca per avere mano libera con la moglie. Ma anche nei migliori piani le cose non vanno come previsto.
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