
Birthday:
12-11-1912
Deathday:
01-10-2007 (94 years)
Birthplace:
Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
Biography
Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. Along with Dino De Laurentiis, he is credited with reinvigorating and popularizing Italian cinema post-World War II, producing some of the country's most acclaimed and financially-successful films of the 1950s and 1960s.
Ponti worked with many of the most important directors of Italian cinema of the era, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Vittorio De Sica, as well as many international directors. He helped launch the career of his wife, international film star Sophia Loren. He won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film for La Strada (1954) and was nominated for Best Picture for producing Doctor Zhivago (1965). In 1996, he was ascended as a Knight Grand Cross to the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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Ponti worked with many of the most important directors of Italian cinema of the era, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Vittorio De Sica, as well as many international directors. He helped launch the career of his wife, international film star Sophia Loren. He won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film for La Strada (1954) and was nominated for Best Picture for producing Doctor Zhivago (1965). In 1996, he was ascended as a Knight Grand Cross to the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2019 star_border 7
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With a maddening sensuality, the unforgettable actress of the film "A Special Day" embodies the golden age of Italian cinema. From the suburbs of Naples to Hollywood, this biographical documentary looks back at the flamboyant career and destiny of Sophia Loren.
Contempt
Producer (2 ep.)
event1963 star_border 7.1
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A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
Blow-Up
Producer (2 ep.)
event1966 star_border 7.3
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A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.
La Strada
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 7.9
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When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Sunflower
Producer (2 ep.)
event1970 star_border 7.5
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After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?
Doctor Zhivago
Producer (2 ep.)
event1965 star_border 7.5
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The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Bluebeard
Producer (2 ep.)
event1963 star_border 6.3
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Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.
Zabriskie Point
Producer (2 ep.)
event1970 star_border 7.1
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Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.
Les Misérables
Producer (2 ep.)
event1948 star_border 6
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In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Jury of One
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 6.8
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A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.
The Sensuous Nurse
Producer (2 ep.)
event1975 star_border 5.3
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Greedy relatives hire a sensual caregiver to hasten the demise of a wealthy count suffering from a heart condition.
Casanova '70
Producer (2 ep.)
event1965 star_border 6.3
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The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.
Le Doulos
Producer (2 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7.4
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Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?
I tre corsari
Producer (2 ep.)
event1952
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The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the count and sends his three sons in the Antilles. The ship is attacked by pirates and the three brothers are liberated. They decide to join the pirates to have revenge on Van Gould, who has also moved to the Antilles on the command of the viceroy.
War and Peace
Executive Producer (2 ep.)
event1956 star_border 6.7
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Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
High School Girl
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 4.9
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A shy schoolboy's life changes when his uninhibited female cousin stays at his home for the summer.
The Passenger
Producer (2 ep.)
event1975 star_border 7.3
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David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
Twilight of Love
Producer (2 ep.)
event1977 star_border 4.3
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Richard Butler is the director of a Montreal advertising agency. When he meets Dyanne, a young beautiful model, he falls in love.
A Special Day
Producer (2 ep.)
event1977 star_border 8.1
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Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.
Killer Fish
Executive Producer (2 ep.)
event1979 star_border 4.6
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Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
Ghosts, Italian Style
Producer (2 ep.)
event1967 star_border 6.3
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Pasquale and Maria, husband and wife, live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard he thinks the ghosts are at work.
Marriage Italian Style
Producer (2 ep.)
event1964 star_border 7.7
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During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings.
Letters of a Novice
Producer (2 ep.)
event1960 star_border 6.4
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The nun tells the priest about her past and then a long flashback begins...
Dear Parents
Producer (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 6
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An Italian woman who has not heard from her daughter for a while travels to London, where the daughter is living, and is shocked to be confronted with the young woman's world. During the brief days they spend together, the women come to acknowledge the insurmountable differences that exist between them despite the love they share.
Human Torpedoes
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 7
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A team of highly trained Italian seamen are taken to the island of Stampalia where there are to take their torpedo-laden attack craft on a daring attack on the port of Suda.
Woman of Rome
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 6.2
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During the fascist era, Adriana a beautiful young model, becomes a prostitute after a love affair gone wrong. She meets Mino, a partisan who falls in love with her and wants to redeem her.
È arrivato l'accordatore
Producer (2 ep.)
event1952 star_border 5.5
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Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches.
Attila
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 5.3
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Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
The Violent Professionals
Producer (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 6
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With or without help from law enforcement officers, a lone individual decides to crack down on the syndicate.
The Baby Sitter
Producer (2 ep.)
event1975 star_border 3.9
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Michelle, a French sculptor living in Rome, is told of a job babysitting a rich man's son by her new friend Ann, an actress. When she arrives at the boy's house, she discovers that he in fact has been kidnapped...
The Squeeze
Executive Producer (2 ep.)
event1978 star_border 5.2
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A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 4
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Gino Pistone is an actor in a local theatre, but his plays aren't successful. But then he gets a genius idea: to make a play on the love story of Benito Mussolini and Claretta Petacci.
The 25th Hour
Producer (2 ep.)
event1967 star_border 7.8
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A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's troopers, and other happenings.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Executive Producer (2 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.3
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Rosa, a mature mother of several children, is concerned that her beloved husband Don Peppino is losing interest in her, and does his best to provoke some jealousy in him. She is a masterful cook, and if her romantic charms are fading, her culinary skills are not. By one means and another, and after some amusing confrontations, she succeeds in keeping her husband from taking her for granted and harmony is restored.
The Firemen's Ball
Producer (2 ep.)
event1967 star_border 7.1
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The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honor of the old chief's retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pageant and a raffle. The whole town will be in attendance. However, the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. Workplace injuries, stolen prizes, a shortage of pretty girls... and fire.
A Place for Lovers
Producer (2 ep.)
event1968 star_border 5.1
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Globe-trotting clothes-horse Julia, who's harboring a secret, embarks on a 10-day fling with Valerio in Italy.
Il medico dei pazzi
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 7.1
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Felice Sciosciammocca, the mayor of Roccasecca, sends his nephew Ciccillo to Naples so that he will become a good doctor.
Blood for Dracula
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 5.8
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Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
Girls Marked Danger
Producer (2 ep.)
event1952 star_border 6.7
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A police officer meets a girl who is near to falling into the net of shady individuals. To prevent this, he invites her into the police station and tells her a story.
Susanna tutta panna
Producer (2 ep.)
event1957 star_border 5.8
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A young woman gets closely watched by her jealous fiance while she is trying to deliver cakes to customers' houses.
Escape to France
Producer (2 ep.)
event1948 star_border 6.9
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A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime crimes.
Damn the Taxes!!
Producer (2 ep.)
event1951
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Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent Gaetano Pellecchia, who asks his friend Mario for help.
The Condemned of Altona
Producer (2 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7
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A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the daughter-in-law stumbles upon a secret of the family's Nazi past.
The White Line
Producer (2 ep.)
event1950 star_border 5.8
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Following World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. A white line of demarcation splits the town in half and the townspeople are given just a short time to decides on which side of the line they will live. This leads to the dividing of homes, friends, families and the church and tensions run high.
Marisa
Producer (2 ep.)
event1957 star_border 5.5
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For the 17-year-old Mariza, there is no other house than the train station in Civitavecchia. Here, an orphaned girl lives early after the death of her father, a railwayman; here she earns additionally at the station buffet, selling ice cream to passengers of passing trains. Beautiful and brisk, she was accustomed to the admiration of others and perfectly mastered the art of coquetry, but Marise’s heart remains calm until the young sailor Angelo, who is in a hurry on her first voyage, leaves the train on the platform on a sunny Sunday morning.
Tokyo Olympiad
Thanks (2 ep.)
event1965 star_border 7.8
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This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting match between West Germany and America, and the final marathon race through Tokyo's streets. Two athletes are highlighted: Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who receives his second gold medal, and runner Ahamed Isa from Chad, representing a country younger than he is.
Professor, My Son
Producer (2 ep.)
event1946 star_border 6.8
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During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.
The Priest's Wife
Producer (2 ep.)
event1970 star_border 6.1
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After discovering her boyfriend is married, a young woman attempts suicide but survives and falls for the priest who took her call, leading to complications with his vow of celibacy.
Lady Liberty
Producer (2 ep.)
event1971 star_border 5.4
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An Italian woman faces challenges at JFK Airport when Customs confiscates the mortadella sausage she brought as a gift for her fiancé, leading to a humorous and frustrating ordeal.
È arrivato il Cavaliere
Producer (2 ep.)
event1950 star_border 5
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A strange vagrant makes repeated attempts to rescue land inhabited by hawkers from being taken over by building development and a subway installation.
Lost Youth
Producer (2 ep.)
event1948 star_border 6.4
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In impoverished post-war Rome, a gang of young thieves is lead by Stefano, the son of an illustrious professor. The police suspects that the criminals are actually university students; inspector Mariani, a young World War II veteran, enrolls and tries to find out more. He falls for a pretty fellow student, Luisa, but she is the sister of the gang leader...
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Producer (2 ep.)
event1948 star_border 6
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The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.
Run, Run, Joe!
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 5
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When a don who they were suppose to protect ends up dead, his bodyguard and bodyguard's friend must go under cover to escape the wrath of mob.
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
Producer (2 ep.)
event1955 star_border 5.5
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A lecherous governor of Naples in 1680 lusts after the wives of several peasants, particularly after the miller's wife Carmela. The miller himself plans to avenge his honor by seducing the wife of the governor.
Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
Producer (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 5.2
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A beautiful but poor young girl finds all the money and material goods she never had when she becomes the girlfriend of a crime boss, but soon learns that there is a price to be paid for that kind of life.
Woman of the River
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 5.8
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When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral procession.
The Pisciotta Case
Producer (2 ep.)
event1972 star_border 4.5
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The magistrate, Scauri, inquires into the mysterious poisoning death of Gaspare Pisciotta, the imprisoned assassin of Salvatore Giuliano. He very soon finds himself struggling against a conspiracy of silence, which Scauri must therefore overcome in order to indict two powerful mafia bosses. His only hope comes for a brief moment from the testimony of the young prosecutor Lojacono. But The Organization is the most strong: the young prosecutor withdraws his deposition and the magistrate disappears in mysterious circumstances.
Brothers of Italy
Producer (2 ep.)
event1952
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Capodistria, 1915. Captain Nazario Sauro, an officer in the Austrian Navy, is one of those patriots who militate for Italy to enter World War I. When he is about to be arrested by the Austrian authorities he chooses to desert. Once in Venice he enlists in the Italian Navy and becomes an officer in a submarine where his perfect knowledge of the coast of Istria proves particularly helpful. But when his submarine runs aground near the island of Munje, he is captured by the Austrians, sentenced to death for high treason and hanged in 1916.
Albergo Luna, camera 34
Producer (2 ep.)
event1946
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A young music teacher, after her house is burned down by a raid, has to go to a refugee camp with her old and sick mother. She is forced to sell everything she owns, while she is looking for a job as a singer. One night, tired and frustrated, she meets a man who invites her out for a drink. She accepts the invitation, stunned by the bunch of banknotes in his wallet. The man takes her to his room at the hotel Luna and seduces her. Before leaving, she robs him of his money and then walks hastily home, but in the meantime her mother has died. She meets a young maestro, who wants her to sing his songs. She seems to begin a happy, though hard, life together with the young maestro who wishes to marry her. The wicked man suddenly reappears and menaces to reveal their old encounter and that she is a thief, but he is later killed. The unfortunate lady is suspected of the crime, but at the end she is cleared of it and she can happily marry her maestro
White Sister
Producer (2 ep.)
event1972 star_border 6.3
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A strange love story between a devoted young nun and a young Marxist determined to help run the hospital wards where the nun is the head nurse.
Arturo's Island
Producer (2 ep.)
event1962 star_border 5.9
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A lonely teenage boy, living isolated on an island, idolizes his distant father. Complications arise when his father brings home a young new wife, whom the boy falls for, and a recently released criminal, entangled in a web of complex relationships.
The She-Wolf
Producer (2 ep.)
event1953 star_border 5.8
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A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the same young soldier. Mother sacrifices herself for Maricchia's marriage, but ultimately falls to her own passion, leading to family disruption.
Last Meeting
Producer (2 ep.)
event1951 star_border 6.5
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The wife of a mechanic and tester of Alfa Romeo cars becomes the lover of a pilot. The two decide to flee together in Argentina.
Policewoman
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 5.7
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A young policewoman discovers an ecological scandal and must face the corruption in the Milan Police department.
Guendalina
Producer (2 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6.5
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Wealthy teenager Guendalina is a child of divorce. Oberdan, likewise a teenager, is a boy from a blue-collar family. Escaping from the tribulations of her home life, Guendalina creates a dream world of her own, casting Oberdan as her personal Prince Charming. Despite parental objections, girl and boy fall in love. Interestingly enough, the relationship between Guendalina and Oberdan remains pure and chaste throughout their film, which is more than can be said for their parents. their respective parents behave with marked laciviousness.
Easy Years
Producer (2 ep.)
event1953 star_border 6.8
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A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.
Peccato di castità
Producer (2 ep.)
event1956
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Adventures of a young married couple during their honeymoon trip.
That Kind of Woman
Producer (2 ep.)
event1959 star_border 5.9
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A young G.I. falls in love with a kept woman on a train to New York.
Cléo from 5 to 7
Producer (2 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7.7
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Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Il corazziere
Producer (2 ep.)
event1960
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In fascist Italy, Urbano Marangoni aspires to become Corazziere, like his late father, but it is a dream destined not to come true because of his short stature.
Torso
Producer (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 6.6
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A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
Lovers Without Love
Producer (2 ep.)
event1948 star_border 7
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This flashback heavy melodrama is a loose adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata named after the Beethoven piece. The story concerns marriage, divorce, love, carnal lust and jealousy.
The Beast
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 7.2
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An experienced truck-driver is forced to become assistant to a young Sicilian driver. The Beast, the truck they drive around Europe, becomes their ground for mutual respect and trust.
The Voyage
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 5
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The charming Adriana gets sick after her husband's death. Her brother-in-law takes her on a journey to meet a doctor, while love overwhelms them.
The Girl and the General
Producer (2 ep.)
event1967 star_border 5
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A young woman and a soldier team up to deliver an Austrian General to Italian forces during World War I. Their quest for the 1,000 Lire reward changes their lives unexpectedly.
Totò cerca casa
Producer (2 ep.)
event1949 star_border 6.8
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Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they have to move, but in Rome it's not easy to find an apartment.
Toto and the Women
Producer (2 ep.)
event1952 star_border 6.8
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Antonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the attic of his house.
L'ultimo amante
Producer (2 ep.)
event1955 star_border 4.7
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Maria, a prostitute, meets Cesare in a police station, a drunkard reporter. Cesare falls in love with her and wants to save her from her bleak life but the girl refuses any help.
La freccia nel fianco
Producer (2 ep.)
event1945 star_border 5
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Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times only to stop for good in September of the same year. It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 1945, but with Mario Costa as the director instead of Lattuada. It was eventually released in September 1945 with only Lattuada billed as the director. Similarly, the film was started with Vittorio Gassman in the role of Brunello, but when the shooting resumed in 1945 he was replaced by Leonardo Cortese
Anna
Producer (2 ep.)
event1951 star_border 7.3
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Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Producer (2 ep.)
event1963 star_border 7.5
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Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.
The Cassandra Crossing
Producer (2 ep.)
event1976 star_border 6.3
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Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
Producer (2 ep.)
event1953 star_border 6.2
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Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.
Adultero lui, adultera lei
Producer (2 ep.)
event1963 star_border 5
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Lina, a young woman now tired of the constant betrayals from her husband, decides to cheat on him with a mutual friend, Piero.
Toto the Third Man
Producer (2 ep.)
event1951 star_border 6.1
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In a small village two twin brothers are of opposite characters. One is mayor of the town, gruff and precise. The other is totally different from his brother and loves the good life and beautiful women.
Totó in color
Producer (2 ep.)
event1952 star_border 7.3
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In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.
Europe '51
Producer (2 ep.)
event1952 star_border 7.4
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A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.
Two Anonymous Letters
Producer (2 ep.)
event1945 star_border 5
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When her sweetheart Bruno joins the Italian army, Gina, bored by her lack of social life, weds Tullio. She comes to regret her decision when Tullio proves to be a Nazi collaborationist. Casting her lot with the Resistance movement, Gina is forced into a difficult decision when the safety of ex-lover Bruno is endangered by the treachery of Tullio.
Guaglio
Producer (2 ep.)
event1948 star_border 6.9
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On his way to Africa, Don Pietro, a young missionary priest has his suitcase stolen in the station of Naples. While trying to retrieve his baggage he realizes how miserable the city of Naples is. Then he decides that his mission is there in Naples, He creates his 'The Boys' Town' a shelter for poor kids, aka the 'scugnizzi' (street urchins), with a view to putting them back on the right track. Some of the kids, though, do not play by the rules just using that 'home' as a convenient place for hiding the product of their thefts...
Girls of Today
Producer (2 ep.)
event1955 star_border 6.4
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Peppino Bardellotti, a widower, lives in Milan with his four daughters and ex sister-in-law Matilde, who urges girls to settle down by marrying a wealthy man.
The 10th Victim
Producer (2 ep.)
event1965 star_border 6.6
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In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. It includes ten rounds for each competitor, five as the hunter and five as the victim.
The Emperor of Capri
Producer (2 ep.)
event1949 star_border 6.6
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Beautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri, and Antonio goes there behind the backs of his wife and mother-in-law. A lucky series of circumstances actually does transform him into the prince of the island.
Giordano Bruno
Producer (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 6.4
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Fleeing from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial for 'heresy'.
Sensualità
Producer (2 ep.)
event1952
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Refugee Franca Gabre comes to the Po Valley with intent to use her obvious attributes and man-swaying talents to gain some security. She targets farm-owning brothers Riccardo and Carlo Sartori and uses the latter in an attempt to reach Riccardo, the older brother.
What?
Producer (2 ep.)
event1972 star_border 5.6
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A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems quite right.
More Than a Miracle
Producer (2 ep.)
event1967 star_border 5.9
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A fairy tale of the misadventures of a beautiful but temperamental Neapolitan peasant, Isabella, when she meets the ill- tempered Spanish Prince Rodrigo Ferrante y Davalos. The King of Spain has ordered Rodrigo to choose a wife among seven Italian Princesses, but he is smitten by the lowly peasant.
Operation Crossbow
Producer (2 ep.)
event1965 star_border 6.7
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Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
The Flower in His Mouth
Producer (2 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6.5
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A female school teacher is implicated in a murder in a Sicilian town only hours after her arrival. The dead man insulted her on the bus on the way into town. As the mystery unfolds, it becomes clear that the town is hiding some very sinister secrets.
Two Women
Producer (2 ep.)
event1960 star_border 7.8
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A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.
March's Child
Producer (2 ep.)
event1958 star_border 4
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Francesca and Sandro meet, falls for each other and get married. But the differences between them are too many and the separation is around the corner.
Camping
Producer (2 ep.)
event1958 star_border 7
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Two young lovers, Tao and Valeria, decide to go and enjoy a beautiful holiday in privacy, away from the daily routine and their parents. After a journey full of adventures, aboard a sidecar, they find themselves in a campsite populated by Germans.
Her Favourite Husband
Producer (2 ep.)
event1950 star_border 5.5
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While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.
A Dog’s Life
Producer (2 ep.)
event1950 star_border 6.7
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Tragicomedy telling of the trials and tribulations of a troupe of variety show artists.
Lady L
Producer (2 ep.)
event1965 star_border 5.8
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Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.
Where Is Freedom?
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 6.4
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A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.
To Live in Peace
Producer (2 ep.)
event1947 star_border 7.2
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Vivere in pace is a 1947 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa.
Gun Moll
Producer (2 ep.)
event1975 star_border 5.2
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A happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia.
Oasis of Fear
Producer (2 ep.)
event1971 star_border 5.7
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Two young sexually free hippies, Dick and Ingrid, finance their travels by selling naked snaps of Ingrid until their plan is brought to an abrupt end by the Police. Forced on the run the two seek refuge at a seemingly empty isolated large villa. As it turns out the house is inhabited by the middle-aged Barbara who invites them in for some potential three-way hanky-panky that soon locks them into something far more twisted and chilling!
Lola
Producer (2 ep.)
event1961 star_border 7.1
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A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.
Léon Morin, Priest
Producer (2 ep.)
event1961 star_border 7
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The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin to do so. After spending some time with him, the relationship with her confessor turns into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire.
The Unfaithfuls
Producer (2 ep.)
event1953 star_border 5.7
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A group of "respectable" people are all partly responsible for the suicide of a servant girl. They are pounced upon by a wily blackmailer, who knows that these people will pay dearly rather than inform on themselves or others.
The Carabineers
Producer (2 ep.)
event1963 star_border 6.5
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During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.
A Woman Is a Woman
Producer (2 ep.)
event1961 star_border 7.3
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Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
Mambo
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 5.5
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A young and poor Venetian woman is invited to a masquerade ball by a charming count.
The Ape Woman
Producer (2 ep.)
event1964 star_border 7.3
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A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.
Without Pity
Producer (2 ep.)
event1948 star_border 6
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A struggling woman and a black American soldier fall in love in post-World War II Italy.
The Mill on the Po
Producer (2 ep.)
event1949 star_border 5.9
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In the Po Valley during the 19th century, a rich girl engaged to a well-to-do farmer ends up penniless and is forced to work for her fiancé’s relatives. Peasant unrest, carried to extremes by both workers and landowners, leads to violence and tragedy.
Romanticismo
Producer (2 ep.)
event1949
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Drama set in Milan in 1858. Dr. Antonio Ansperti from Como, implicated in the clandestine activities of the Young Italy revolutionary movement, is arrested by the Austrian authorities. After a trial he is sentenced to death and executed, in spite of efforts by his countryman Count Lamberti to intervene on his behalf with the Governor of Milan.
Outlaw Girl
Producer (2 ep.)
event1950 star_border 6.5
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Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried and once found guilty is imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escape from prison and to survive he start living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love for Mara, a village girl, and with her help he hunts down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial.
Totò all'inferno
Producer (2 ep.)
event1955 star_border 6.2
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After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and ends up in hell.
Colpita da improvviso benessere
Producer (2 ep.)
event1976 star_border 3.5
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Elisabetta is a fishmonger with petty-bourgeois aspirations who cohabits with Luiso Malerba, an anarchist.
A Breath of Scandal
Producer (2 ep.)
event1960 star_border 5.1
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A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.
The Boss and the Worker
Producer (2 ep.)
event1975 star_border 4.6
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Social/sexual farce focusing on a boss and his workers in a faucet factory.
Redhead
Producer (2 ep.)
event1962 star_border 6.1
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Bored with her marriage, Franziska decides to travel to Venice.
The Third Lover
Producer (2 ep.)
event1962 star_border 6.2
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The story of a journalist in southern Germany who stays with a novelist and his wife and gradually begins to destroy the young couple's lives.
Boccaccio '70
Producer (2 ep.)
event1962 star_border 6.9
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An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.
Lieutenant Giorgio
Producer (2 ep.)
event1952 star_border 6
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A lieutenant spends a night of love with a mysterious woman. After a few years he discovers that the woman was married to an invalid and that the meeting had been organized to ensure an heir for the family
Controsesso
Producer (2 ep.)
event1964 star_border 6.4
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A vivid assortment consisted of three acts taken from the lives of modern 1960s Italians, always in orbit around the restless theme of sexual inhibition and the pursuit of pleasure in sex.
Diamonds for Breakfast
Producer (2 ep.)
event1968 star_border 5.6
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Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns that his family's crown jewels will be exhibited at a London museum and plots to steal them. To this end, he gathers a crew of beautiful but dangerous women, led by Bridget Rafferty, to assist in his plot against Popov, the Soviet functionary in charge of the exhibit.
Ulysses
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 6.5
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A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
The Man with the Balloons
Producer (2 ep.)
event1967 star_border 6.7
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Mario is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting.
Dirty Weekend
Producer (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 5.3
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A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police surrounding them and the robbers threatening to kill everybody.
Female Three Times
Producer (2 ep.)
event1957 star_border 7
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The Russian women's basketball team faces to the American team for the championship of the world, in Rome. Upon arriving at the 'Eternal City', the Russian athletes find ways to evade the strict surveillance and meet some Italian guys. After many persecutions, the Russians are confined by their guardians under the promise that, if they win, they can stay and live in Italy. But as they conquer the championship, their guards forget the promises and put them on a plane to Moscow.
Rice Girl
Producer (2 ep.)
event1956 star_border 5.8
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The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Having become aware of her name, he finds out that she is his illegitimate daughter of whom he knew nothing. He tries to secretly help Elena, who has fallen in love with the car mechanic Gianni. But that only creates mistrust. When Guerrini's worthless nephew harasses the girl, the situation is dramatically worse.
Brief Encounter
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 4.8
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Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair.
Whisky and Ghosts
Producer (2 ep.)
event1974 star_border 7
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A snake-oil salesman is chased across the desert by a gang of Mexican bandits. He finds out, however, that he is being protected by the spirits of Davey Crockett, Pecos Bill and Johnny Appleseed.
Flesh for Frankenstein
Producer (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 5.7
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Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.
The Black Orchid
Producer (2 ep.)
event1959 star_border 6.2
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An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster's widow.
Gawain and the Green Knight
Producer (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 4.6
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The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Producer (2 ep.)
event1976 star_border 7.6
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Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.
Piccolo mondo antico
Producer (2 ep.)
event1941 star_border 6.8
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Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will.
The Empty Canvas
Producer (2 ep.)
event1963 star_border 6.1
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An aspiring young artist breaks from his wealthy, possessive mother to live a bohemian existence in the artist's section of Rome and falls in love with a beautiful model who wants an uncommitted relationship.
Campane a martello
Producer (2 ep.)
event1949 star_border 5.7
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Agostina is a maid turned prostitute during World War II. She sends all the money she makes to the local priest in her home village for safekeeping. After the war is over Agostina and her friend Australia plan to open a clothing store so they return to her home island to collect the money from the priest. But after arriving there Agostina learns in shock that the priest has been dead for more than a year and that his eccentric successor mistook the received money for donations and spent all of it on building a new orphanage for war orphans. To make matters even worse, other islanders think that Agostina is now a millionaire and beg her to help them financially.
Massacre in Rome
Producer (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 6.1
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In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders of SS-Lieutenant Colonel Kappler.
Smashing Time
Producer (2 ep.)
event1967 star_border 6.2
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Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.
The Gold of Naples
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 7.3
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A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza seller losing her husband’s ring, a child's funeral, a gambler beaten by a kid, a prostitute's unusual wedding, and a "wisdom seller" offering advice.
Cops and Robbers
Producer (2 ep.)
event1951 star_border 7.5
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Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
Il padrone del vapore
Producer (2 ep.)
event1951
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A rich American arrives in a little village in the mountains because he wants to advertise a drink he produces. In the village there are also two men from Rome who are at logger-heads with the locals. The coming of the American complicates matters.
The Railroad Man
Producer (2 ep.)
event1956 star_border 7.7
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Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock he starts making mistakes. A check up by a doctor reveals that he's at the brink of becoming an alcoholic. Due to this evaluation he is degraded and must accept a salary cut.
An American in Rome
Producer (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 7.2
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Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.
A Look Back at Crossbow
Producer (2 ep.)
event1965
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A promotional short for Operation Crossbow (1965) giving historical background for the film's plot using archival footage of Robert Goddard's rocket experiments in the 1930s. Nazi Germany bought his patents to start their rocket program.
Kiss the Other Sheik
Producer (2 ep.)
event1965 star_border 6.6
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Italian comedy film in three segments
Heller in Pink Tights
Producer (2 ep.)
event1960 star_border 5.7
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Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lady and the object of his affection, constantly buys clothes. In Cheyenne, they meet with applause, so they hope to stay awhile: the theater owner likes Angela, and she keeps him on a string. She's also the object of the attentions of Mabry, a gunslinger who's owed money by the richest man in Bonanza.
Cry, Onion!
Producer (2 ep.)
event1975 star_border 5
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Onion Jack has bought a piece of land on which to settle, but the property is still in possession of the orphans of the original owner and is coveted by the local oil baron.
Pan Tau
Producer (1 ep.)
event1970 star_border 6.6
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Pan Tau always had a gentle expression and a friendly smile, he was elegantly dressed in a stroller, with an umbrella and a white carnation in the lapel. Foremost, he was famous for his magic bowler hat. By tapping on his hat, Pan Tau was able to change his appearance into a puppet, to conjure up miscellaneous objects or to do other magic. His most characteristically behavior is that he would help children who were experiencing some sort of difficulties in-between their dreams and reality, like finding a place for skiing, settling family problems on Christmas, and even give a boy a good time at a fair when he is supposed to have piano lessons. To adults, he usually remained invisible.
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