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1978
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Singer and actress Liza Minnelli teamed up with her father, legendary director Vincente Minnelli, to make this evocative...
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1976
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This crime action movie is based on Peter Maas' best-selling book The Valachi Papers. That book, in turn, is based on prison...
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Gaetano Reina
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1972
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Roger Santet (Alain Delon) is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio...
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Tony Nicosia
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1969
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This exciting adventure provides an interesting look into the manufacture and trafficking of opium and heroin. The original...
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1966
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Maruchelli (Amedeo Nazzari) is an Italian expatriate who has made his fortune in Argentina. When he throws a lavish party to...
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Maruccheli
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1964
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Italian nuns raise a quiet ruckus to stop a major airline from flying over their village in this gentle comedy. They are...
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Livio Bertana
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1963
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1962
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Major Fornari
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1962
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In this Italian costume epic chronicles the exploits of an innocent maiden who lives near Thebes. She is in love with a...
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1961
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Three mining engineers are marooned in the Sahara after their helicopter crashes and end up finding a secret doorway to the...
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Screenwriter
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1961
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1960
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Labyrinth by director Rolf Thiele is aptly titled, since viewers may find the story itself labyrinthian, in that it is hard...
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Dr. de Lattre
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1959
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This Spanish film was officially inspired by the Prosper Merimee novel (and Bizet opera) Carmen. Instead of working in a...
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1959
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The slow pacing of this fanciful tale about the life and one reputed love of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya makes for an...
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Prime Minister Manuel Godoy
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1959
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In this occasionally amusing frolic, Gina Lollobrigida plays a sexy widow who returns to Italy from New York following the...
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1958
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Anna may be from Brooklyn, but this medium-budget domestic drama was filmed and financed in Italy. The title character,...
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1958
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Nights of Cabiria opens with Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) and her boyfriend playfully embracing by the seaside -- and then he...
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Alberto Lazzati, movie star
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1957
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Michele
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1957
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1955
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1955
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Corraine
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1954
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1954
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Les Revoltes de Lomanch was France's first widescreen feature presentation. Set in the Vendee region shortly after the French...
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Barnaud
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1954
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Anna Zaccheo (Silvana Pampanini) is desperate for true love. Alas, Anna is so gorgeous that true love is the last thing most...
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Il dottore
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1953
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An all-star cast graces this Italian "omnibus" feature. The film consists of eight short stories, each based on nostalgic...
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1952
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The original Italian title of The Barefoot Savage was Sensualita, an apt description of voluptuous leading-lady...
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Riccardo
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1952
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Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who...
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1952
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Belying its title, the Italian Brief Rapture runs a full 80 minutes. Canadian actress Lois Maxwell--better known to a later...
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Commissioner
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1952
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Il Brigante di Tacca del Lupo represented another move away from neorealism into sheer commercialism by Italian filmmker...
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Capt. Giordani
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1952
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Catastrophe results from a love triangle. ~ Rovi...
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Col. Felt
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1952
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Alida Valli delivers one of her finest performances in the Italian Ultimo Incontro. Based on La Biondina, a 19th-century...
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Piero
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1952
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In this suspenseful crime drama, two conniving crooks continually double-cross each other. Eventually their victim comes...
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1951
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Amedeo Nazzari stars as Peppe Musolino, a good-natured woodcutter wrongly accused of murder. Sentenced to 20 years in prison,...
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Peppe Musoline
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1951
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Tormento is right. Anna Ferrari (Yvonne Sanson) is thrown out of her home by her nasty stepmother. She moves in with...
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Carlo Guarnieri
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1950
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Michele Pezza
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1950
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When an impoverished but devoted Italian wife's husband falls ill and she is forced to take his place in a dangerous...
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1950
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1950
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Canadian-born actress Lois Maxwell, best known for her portrayal of Miss Moneypenny in the "James Bond" films, heads the cast...
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1950
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1950
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The destruction of a smuggling operation is the goal of 2 military officers bent on infiltrating the gang. ~ Rovi...
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1949
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Barely seen in the US at the time of its release, the Italian Lure of the Sila (IL Lupo Della Sila) became a television...
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1949
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The Italian Malacarne was released in English-speaking countries as For the Love of Mariastella. Filmed in Sicily, the story...
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Zu Bastiano
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1948
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Filmed in 1946 as Il Bandido, The Bandit came to the U.S. in 1949 on the strength of the worldwide popularity of star...
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Ernesto
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1946
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Amedeo Nazzari portrays famed Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti in this expansive biopic. Told in flashback, the story is...
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Geafano Donizetti
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1946
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Given the fact that America was still technically at war with Italy in mid-1943, it is surprisingly that Tu M'Ami-to T'Amo...
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1943
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1943
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The Italian Fedora was based on the Victorien Sardou play of the same name. Luisa Forida plays the title character, who falls...
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Loris
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1942
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Filippo Colleoni
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1942
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1940
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1940
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1939
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The title of this Italian film translates as Fireworks, and indeed what happens in the course of the story is quite...
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Count
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1939
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Il Conte di Brechard was adapted by director Mario Bonnard from the popular play by Gioacchino Forzano. It all begins in the...
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Frances
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1938
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Lancieri di Savola (Savoy Lancers) is a ponderous costume drama, elevated somewhat by the performances of stars Elisa Cegani...
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Lieutenant Solaro
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1938
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1937
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Based on stage comedy by Alberto Colatuoni, I Fratelli Castiglioni is the story of four brothers. A nasty, avaricious bunch,...
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Fulvio Castiglioni
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1937
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