Inspired by director Vittorio De Sica's 1952 neorealist classic Umberto D., Francis Huster's sentimental drama stars...
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2009
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In almost a one-man tour-de-force, Cesare Zavattini wrote, directed, and acted (as Antonio, an 80-year-old man locked up in a...
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Composer (Music Score), Director, Screenwriter, Antonio
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1983
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The Italian artist Ligabue grew up as a withdrawn child in Switzerland, speaking a hodge-podge of Italian and German. On his...
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Book Author, Screenwriter
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1978
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Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a...
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Screenwriter
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1978
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Set in a rural area of France in the 19th century, this simple tale tells the story of a servant girl whose life seems marked...
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1977
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1973
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1972
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Vittorio De Sica directs the lyrical war drama Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis), based on a...
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1970
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1970
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Vittorio De Sica directed this sudsy romantic drama, which received punishing reviews on its initial release....
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Screenwriter
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1968
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This Dino De Laurentiis production from 1965 is actually an anthology of five different directors' work, each telling their...
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Screen Story, Screenwriter
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1967
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Vittorio De Sica directs the 1967 episodic sex comedy Sette Volte Donna (Woman Times Seven), consisting of seven short...
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Screenwriter
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1967
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1966
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A beautiful free-lance photographer meets and falls in love with a French medical student at a fancy ball and becomes...
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1966
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The "doll"in this Italian seriocomedy is played by Virna Lisi. Craving attention, Virna claims that she has been robbed and...
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Screenwriter
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1965
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Each of the episodes in the three-part Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, Oggi E Domani) stars Sophia Loren and...
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Screenwriter
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1963
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This serio-comic drama finds a man (Alberto Sordi) in debt with no easy way to alleviate the situation. He conspires to sell...
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1963
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An early melodrama from director Damiano Damiani, this overheated coming-of-age story concerns a neglected teenager...
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1963
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1962
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Released in the US by 20th Century-Fox, Boccaccio '70 is a compendium of short subjects directed by three of Italy's top...
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1962
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Perhaps a bit early in the revolution to be filled with heavy-duty propaganda, this routine drama by Cuban director Julio G....
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Screenwriter
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1962
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An episodic, funny, though uneven spoof of human manners and foibles, this comedy by Vittorio de Sica begins in Naples when...
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Screen Story, Screenwriter
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1961
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Normally, an actor or actress in a foreign-language film was not the ideal candidate for an Academy Award, inasmuch as his or...
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Screenwriter
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1960
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This conventional post-nuclear holocaust drama from Yugoslav director Veljko Bulajic seems to be at cross purposes. On the...
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Screenwriter
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1960
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In this mystery, a 13-year old girl gets a crush on her good looking neighbor and soon finds herself entangled in a murder...
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1960
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Anna Magnani is a powerful actress who can rise above the sentimentality of this film and still give a heartwarming...
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1958
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1957
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Directly after his successful The Gold of Naples (1954), Italian filmmaker Vittorio DeSica served up something of a throwback...
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1956
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Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels...
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1956
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1955
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1954
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In this Italian melodrama, three Roman prostitutes suddenly find themselves on the streets when the city informs them that...
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1954
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1954
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Fernandel is the somewhat over-aged Ali Baba in this astonishingly expensive Arabian Nights escapade. In this filmization of...
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1954
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1954
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Indiscretion of an American Wife began its life as a romantic drama entitled Terminal Station, directed with extraordinary...
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Screenwriter
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1953
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Seven top Italian filmmakers pooled their talents on the omnibus "reality" feature Amore in Citta (Love in the City). The...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1953
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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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Screenwriter
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1953
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Frequently mentioned on lists of masterpieces of modern cinema, Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D. transforms a simple character...
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1952
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The classic Nicolas Gogal fable The Overcoat is given a European flavor by Italian filmmaker Alberto Lattuada; some consider...
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1952
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A stellar cast distinguishes the so-so seriocomedy Cinque Poveri in Automobile (Five Paupers in an Automobile). The story is...
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1952
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It hardly takes a linguist to figure out that the title of this whimsical Italian comedy translates to Bonjour, Elephant!...
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1952
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1951
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1951
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1951
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1951
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A father must find a communion dress for his daughter in this award- winning Italian comedy. As he looks throughout the...
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1950
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The Italian The Sky is Red (Il Cielo e Rosso) details the romantic adventures of two postwar couples. Despite being confined...
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Screenwriter
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1950
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French filmmaker Rene Clement's international reputation was secured with Au Dela des Grilles. A French-Italian production,...
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Screenwriter
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1949
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Domenica D'Agosto was the first feature-length effort from Italian documentary filmmaker Luciano Emmeri. The film keeps...
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Screenwriter
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1949
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This docu-drama offers glimpses from the lives of people enjoying a carefree Sunday afternoon upon a sunny Roman beach and...
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1949
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This landmark Italian neorealist drama became one of the best-known and most widely acclaimed European movies, including a...
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1948
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Anna Magnani provides the box-office luster for this pedestrian wartime melodrama. Filmed on location in Milan, the story...
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1948
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1947
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Vittorio DeSica's Shoeshine (Sciuscia) is a must-see example of Italian neorealist cinema, ranking with such other neorealist...
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1946
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1945
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A very early Vittorio De Sica effort, The Children Are Watching Us was originally released in Italy as I Bambini Ci Guardano....
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1944
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Originally released in 1942, Four Steps in the Clouds (Quattro Passi fra le Nuvole) was a major stepping stone in the...
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1942
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Daro un Milione (I'll Give A Million) was another felicitous collaboration between director Mario Camerini and his favorite...
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1937
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