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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) Three different stories of Italian social mores are presented. In "Adelina", unemployed Carmine Sbaratti and his wife Adelina Sbaratti survive through Adelina selling black market cigarettes on the street. They are unable to pay for the furniture they bought (whi

Sunflower (1970) At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead. There's a flashback to their brief courtship near her hometown of Naples, his 12-day leave to marry her, ruses to keep from deploym

Blood for Dracula (1974) Udo Kier is without a doubt the sickliest of vampires in any director's interpretation of the Bram Stoker tale. Count Dracula knows that if he fails to drink a required amount of pure virgin's [pronounced "wirgin's"] blood, it's time to move into a permanent coffin. His assi

The Witches (1967) Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mot

Two Women (1960) Cesira is a beautiful widow and a successful grocery store owner in Rome. WWII is raging, and she fears for her beloved daughter, 13-year-old Rosetta, amid the daily bombings. They travel to the village where Cesira was born, where Cesira believes they will be safer. There, they are

It Started in Naples (1960) Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother. Once there, he discovers that the deceased has left an eight-year old little boy named Nando, who is being raised by Michael's sister-in-law L

Scandal in Sorrento (1955) Marshall Antonio Carotenuto comes back to native Sorrento to take care of the local fire brigade. But since Sofia, a very nice fishmonger, occupies his native house Antonio share another home with Donna Violante, secretly fall in love with him. Sofia accepts to marry Anton

After the Fox (1966) Peter Sellers plays Aldo Vanucci (aka the Fox), one of the greatest criminals of the world and master of disguise. After Aldo escapes from the Italian prison he was held in, he meets again with his friends and plans to retrieve the "gold of Cairo", a large shipment of gold that

A Place for Lovers 1968 Julia, a divorced American fashion designer, is dying of a tragic, incurable disease With only ten days to live, she spends her time vacationing in an Italian villa and watching television She spots a TV interview with an Italian engineer Valerio, who designs plastic air bags

Boccaccio 70 (1962) Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana, marry but must hide it from her employer; plus, they need a room of their own. A billboard of Anita Ekberg provocatively selling milk gives a prudish crusader for public decency

Bicycle Thieves (1948) Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the

The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp.

Neros Mistress (1956) Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Ma

A Farewell to Arms 1957 Frederick Henry, an American serving as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Italian forces in the First World War, is wounded and falls in love with his attending nurse, the British Catherine Barkley In the midst of war and some intrigue, the pair struggles to stay together

Woman Times Seven (1967) Seven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession," a wayward widow at her husband's funeral; "Amateur Night," angry wife becomes streetwalker out of revenge; "Two Against One," seemingly prudish girl turns out otherwise; "Super Simone," wife vainly attempts to divert her

Bread, Love and Dreams (1953) Marshal Antonio Carotenuto is sent to Sagliena, an imaginary little village in the center of Italy in the '50s, to assume his new mandate. In the village he knows Maria (Frisky) AKA 'la Bersagliera', secretly in love with a policeman (Carabiniere) reporting to Antonio.

If Its Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969) Womanizing Brit Charlie Cartwright is about to conduct Worldwind Tour #225, a nine country, eighteen day bus trip from London to Rome. He uses these tours in large part to catch up with his vast stable of casual girlfriends located in each of the visited c

The Montecarlo Story (1956) A gambler very much in debt, sets his cap for a beautiful woman, not knowing that she is also penniless.

A Brief Vacation (1973) A women lives a miserable life in the basement of her Milan apartment, with her boring inlaws and three children (boys). Her husband has been injured. Her bleak life takes an unexpected turn when she is diagnosed with tuberculosis and has to go to a sanatorium in the Italian

Too Bad Shes Bad (1954) When young and attractive Lina Stroppiani, a thief like the rest of her family, tries to steal the taxi of Paolo, together with two accomplices, she can't possibly know that this will have far reaching consequences...

Il tetto 1956 Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building This comedy follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home

The Earrings of Madame De 1953 In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift she needs money to cover her debts The general secretly buys the earrings again and gives them to his mistress, Lola, leaving to go to Constantin

Il segno di Venere (1955) Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira Franca Valeri, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.

The Two Marshals (1961) Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Antonio Capurro, un ladruncolo travestito da prete, viene arrestato dal maresciallo Cottone. In seguito, durante un bombardamento il lestofante riesce a impossessarsi della divisa del poliziotto, lasciandogli l'abito talare. Inizia così una serie di

Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953) A married American woman has gotten involved with another man while visiting relatives in Rome. She decides that the time has come to break off the relationship, and she makes plans to return home to her husband. But she soon realizes that she is not at all su

Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959) Nell'800 a Napoli regna Ferdinando I, detto dai napoletani Re Lazzarone, perchè non si occupa del regno ma dei fatti personali. Il suo passatempo preferito è quello di travestirsi e di girare per i locali malfamati della città. E' inoltre sempre in cerca di avve

Miracle in Milan 1951 An old woman finds a baby among the cabbages in her garden she takes care of him and calls him Toto When she dies, he is sent to an orphanage, which he leaves as a teenager When Toto goes out in the world, he expects everyone to be open hearted as himself, but they arent Withou

Doctor, Beware (1941) Teresa, a young orphan, falls in love with Pietro, a health inspector. She will try to bring order to his reckless life full of debts and lies.

Love and Chatter (1958) Maria e Paolo si amano, ma sono giovanissimi e per di più Maria è figlia dello spazzino comunale mentre Paolo lo è dell'avvocato Bonelli, vice sindaco e capo dell'opposizione. A complicare la vicenda vi é la ricostruzione di un ospizio distrutto durante la guerra. La rico

Umberto D 1952 Umberto Ferrari, aged government pensioner, attends a street demonstration held by his fellow pensioners The police dispense the crowd and Umberto returns to his cheap furnished room which he shares with his dog Flick Umbertos lone friend is Maria, servant of the boarding house She is

What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932) Bruno, a young Milanese driver, falls in love with Mariuccia, dependent on a perfumery. Wanting to impress her, he shows up for their first date, in his employer's car.

Full Speed (1934) A meek professor is swept over his feet by a very vivacious girl.

The Children Are Watching Us 1944 The film follows the anguish of the four year old, Prico, after his mother, Nina, leaves his father, Andrea, for her lover Roberto Prico is sent to his aunt and then to his grandmother Nina returns when Prico is sick and vows to give up Roberto, even though he persi

Ill Give a Million (1935) A cynical millionaire announces that he intends to disguise himself as a hobo and give a million lire to anyone who treats him nicely. As a result, every bum in Rome is given the royal treatment on the off-chance that they're the millionaire.

Mister Max (1937) Vittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall, makes enough money out of his business to take a vacation at a fashionable resort. He is given a ...

Lavventuriera del piano di sopra 1941 Lawyer De Sica is drawn into the marriage problems of his glamorous neighbor

Il vigile 1960 An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy

The Condemned of Altona 1962 A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on 20 years after the fact

An Italian in America 1967 The service station attendant Giuseppe lives in Rome when he receives an invitation from his father to visit him in America There Giuseppe finds out he has to take part in a television program to win 10,000 Afterwards he follows his father through The States in search of m