
An old woman’s poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school Read More »
Tag Archives: Vittorio De Sica
The Condemned of Altona / I sequestrati di Altona (1962) Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March

A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father Read More »
Scandal in Sorrento / Pane, amore e… (1955) Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Lea Padovani

Marshall Antonio Carotenuto comes back to native Sorrento to take care of the local fire brigade. Read More »
It Happens in Roma / Gli ultimi cinque minuti (1955) Giuseppe Amato, Linda Darnell, Vittorio De Sica, Peppino De Filippo

Renata and Carlo covet the same apartment in Rome. They first quarrel but Carlo finds Read More »
Red Roses (1940) Rose scarlatte

A man poses as a mysterious admirer to find out whether his wife would cheat on him. Read More »
The Wonders of Aladdin / Le meraviglie di Aladino (1961) Mario Bava, Henry Levin, Donald O’Connor, Noëlle Adam, Vittorio De Sica

A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie Read More »
Peddlin’ in Society / Abbasso la ricchezza! (1946) Gennaro Righelli, Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica, Virgilio Riento

Thanks to wartime smuggling Gioconda Perfetti, a roman fruit vendor, becomes very rich. Read More »
The Traffic Policeman / Il vigile (1960) Luigi Zampa, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Marisa Merlini

An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city Read More »
Count Max / Il conte Max (1957) Giorgio Bianchi, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Anne Vernon

Alberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor. Read More »
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct / Maddalena… zero in condotta (1940) Vittorio De Sica, Vera Bergman, Carla Del Poggio

A young man studying in an academy secretarial practice makes writing letters addressed Read More »