Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi Read More »
Tag Archives: Renato Castellani
It’s Forever Springtime AKA È primavera… (1950) Renato Castellani, Mario Angelotti, Elena Varzi, Donato Donati
Beppe Agosti, a Florentine and an orphan boy, is very fond of girls, especially maids. Read More »
The Brigand AKA Il brigante (1961) Renato Castellani, Francesco Seminario, Adelmo Di Fraia, Mario Ierardi
In 1940s Calabria a man unjustly accused of murder flees to the countryside Read More »
The Mountain Woman AKA La donna della montagna (1944) Renato Castellani, Marina Berti, Amedeo Nazzari, Maurizio D’Ancora
A widowed engineer finds solace in the love of a young woman, with whom he marries. Read More »
Zazà (1944) Renato Castellani, Isa Miranda, Antonio Centa, Aldo Silvani
A glamorous female singer Zazà (Isa Miranda) has an affair with a passerby engineer Dufresne (Antonio Centa). Read More »
Romeo and Juliet (1954) Renato Castellani, Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson
In Shakespeare’s classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy Read More »
Under the Sun of Rome (1948) Renato Castellani, Oscar Blando, Liliana Mancini, Francesco Golisano
The film starts with the narrator stating that “this is a true story.” Ciro, a young man living in Rome during WWII Read More »
Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952) Renato Castellani, Maria Fiore, Vincenzo Musolino, Filomena Russo
Antonio is the sole support of her large family. Carmela wants to marry, but has no money Read More »
A Pistol Shot (1942) Renato Castellani, Assia Noris, Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Centa
Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Read More »
Nella città l’inferno / …and the Wild Wild Women (1959) Renato Castellani, Anna Magnani, Giulietta Masina, Myriam Bru, Drama
A harsh study about the grim realities of life in a non-coed, totally female prison environment. Read More »