A British lad tries to investigate his father’s disappearance in Venice when nobody believes him. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mario Soldati
Flight Into France / Fuga in Francia (1948) Mario Soldati, Folco Lulli, Enrico Olivieri, Rosi Mirafiore
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France Read More »
O.K. Nero / O.K. Nerone (1951) Mario Soldati, Carlo Campanini, Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini
Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome Read More »
La donna del fiume / The River Girl (1954) Mario Soldati, Sophia Loren, Gérard Oury, Lise Bourdin
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Read More »
Eugenia Grandet (1946) Mario Soldati, Alida Valli, Gualtiero Tumiati, Giorgio De Lullo
Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Read More »
Policarpo AKA Policarpo ‘ufficiale di scrittura’ (1959) Mario Soldati, Renato Rascel, Carla Gravina, Romolo Valli
The action is focused at the end of the 19th century. Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works Read More »
Donne e Briganti (1950) Mario Soldati, Amedeo Nazzari, Maria Mauban, Jean Chevrier
Sul letto di morte, il signor Luciani confessa al figlio Peppino che sua sorella Marietta è in realtà la figlia illegittima di Ferdinando IV di Borbone Read More »
Her Favourite Husband (1950) Mario Soldati, Jean Kent, Robert Beatty, Gordon Harker
While casing a bank he intends to rob, tough-gangster Leo discovers that Antonio, a meek, mild clerk in the bank is his exact double. Read More »
Quartieri alti / In High Places (1945) Mario Soldati, Adriana Benetti, Massimo Serato, Nerio Bernardi, Comedy
The story involves Giorgio (Serato) who is maintained by a woman of high class and live a lifestyle far beyond their means. She meets and falls for the young and virtuous Isabel (Benetti), and in order to impress and keep secret their true circumstances, rent a villa and passed a couple of actors by their parents. However, things did not go quite right …
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