Originally titled Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride, this 2-part TV movie stars supermodel Carol Alt as Nancy, the ward of...
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1991
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The complex cross-currents of conflicting loyalties among the inhabitants of Palermo, Sicily, come across vividly in this...
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1990
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1989
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1988
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Released in Italy as La Maschera, The Mask stars Michael Maloney as a debauched nobleman. Maloney offers himself to a...
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1988
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Bearing no particular relation to any literary or cinematic work of the same title, this erotic drama by Marco Bellocchio...
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1986
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The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal is based on Le Deux Vite di Mattia Pascal, one of Luigi Pirandello's many stories concerning...
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1985
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1983
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1983
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Helle Waver (Daniele Delorme) works in a department store in Nantes, and while she is on vacation at a seacoast resort, she...
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1982
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Conflicts between home and a better life far away, and issues of loyalty and ethics are all addressed in this interesting...
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1980
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In a resort town near Rome, Louise (Jacqueline Bisset) attempts to cope with her divorce, a new career, and John...
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1979
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The West German Just a Gigolo has little to do with the popular song of the same name. Its central character, played by...
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1979
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1978
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A New York policeman (Harvey Keitel) imprisons and tortures an admitted cop-killer (John Lydon), but finds the tables turned...
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1977
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French New Wave director Claude Chabrol steps away from his usual style of mysteries and psychological dramas for the sex...
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1976
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1973
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Bluebeard is the retelling of the now familiar story of a wealthy aristocrat who marries and murders and marries again. Baron...
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1972
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This bunch is none other than the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest and their feisty leader, Robin Hood. This is a '70s release...
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1971
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The true story of a tragic 1928 arctic expedition provides the basis for this adventure drama that was a joint Italian and...
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1969
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In this comedy, a medical assistant and his strange childhood friend fall in love. Unfortunately, the girl is unable to make...
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1969
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Vittorio De Sica directed this sudsy romantic drama, which received punishing reviews on its initial release....
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1968
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Unable to cope with life after stardom, a former headliner with the Ziegfeld Follies becomes an alcoholic. Meanwhile, her...
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1968
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This comedy concerns identical twin brothers who have a very different way of looking at life. Filippo makes a living selling...
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1968
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A British engineer tries to convince the Mafia to allow an oil refinery on some prime waterfront real estate in Sicily. Proby...
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1968
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Childhood sweethearts Jolanda (Virna Lisi) and Franco (George Segal) meet once again after a separation of nearly 15 years....
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1968
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The Italian title for That Splendid November is Un Belissima Novembre, but it might as well have been "Belissima Gina"....
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1968
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An ingenious thief steals Michelangelo's Pieta, worth $30 billion in the farce. The trouble is, he has no buyers and so lets...
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1967
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In this comedy, a lovely woman lives and loves freely. Her many lovers do not mind and all are happy until one of the men...
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1967
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In this comedy, two Yankee con artists pose as tourists visiting scenic Naples. There they intend to rob an old church....
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1966
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The Franco-Italian L'Ombrellone stars Enrico Maria Salerno as a vacationing Roman engineer. He'd prefer a little peace and...
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1966
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The Russo/Italian coproduction Attack and Retreat was titled Italiano Brava Gente in Italy and Oni Shli Na Vostok in the...
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1964
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Infidelity is the real subject linking the four funny vignettes that comprise this Italian anthology. "The First Night"...
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1964
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Generally considered the first real giallo film, Mario Bava's stylish thriller stars Leticia Roman as Nora, who travels to...
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1963
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A group of starving Roman artists provides the focus of this episodic drama that tells the often tragic story of each of...
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1963
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My Son the Hero started out in 1961 as a straightforward Italian sword and sandal affair titled Arrivano i Titani, all about...
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1963
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Maciste, here played by Kirk Morris, is instead a legendary Italian superhero of long standing. In this one, the mighty Mr. M...
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1962
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Based on Flora Sandstrom's novel The Midwife of Pont Clery, this lightweight sexual farce involves the effect that Jessica...
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1962
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In this biblical epic, the rise of the humble Joseph from hapless slave to prophet and advisor to the Pharoah is chronicled....
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1962
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One of the many Italian sword-and-sandal adventure stories roughly depicting historical events -- sometimes too graphically...
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1962
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In this epic, a medieval adventurer heads to China and winds up saving the Grand Khan's daughter from bandits. ~ Sandra...
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1962
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In this adventurous sword and sandal epic, the muscle-bound offspring of the famous strongman tries to stop the wicked...
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1962
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1961
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To fully appreciate the international box-office bonanza Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio All'Italiana), one must remember...
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1961
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This unexceptional Duel of the Titans takes place on two different levels at once. The legendary brothers Romulus and Remus...
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1961
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Set in ancient Rome, this film follows the struggle of Roman triplets as they battle their Alban arch-enemies to prevent...
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1961
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Sergio Leone's first solo directorial effort was this colorful sword-and-sandal epic set in ancient Greece. Rory Calhoun...
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1961
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Enrico (Enrico Maria Salerno) is fast getting burnt out with his stressful city life, and so he takes off for Tahiti in this...
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1961
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A huge computer-run spaceship is on a collision course with the earth. Astronauts sent to save the earth lose focus on the...
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1961
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Top-heavy with wild action scenes and female pulchritude, this routine Italian costume adventure is set in the 7th century...
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1960
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Generally considered to be the foremost example of Italian Gothic horror, this darkly atmospheric black-and-white chiller put...
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1960
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In this sword and sandal epic set during Rome's attack on ancient Greece, both the Roman and Carthaginian armies are...
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1960
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This costume drama with spectacular special effects but a less-than-adequate storyline was one of the last films by director...
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1960
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This is a dramatic, wartime story about the internecine fighting between Italians who opposed Mussolini during the war and...
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1960
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The idle lives of the rich or famous or both are depicted from an aloof and uninvolved perspective in this standard though...
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1960
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Vittorio De Sica plays the bumbling captain of a fruit and vegetable boat, operating in World War II Italy. The manpower...
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1960
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The focal point of this standard drama by director Mario Camerini is life in the Via Margutta, an artists' sector in Rome,...
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1960
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Rather than telling a dramatized version of the exploits of the Greek runner Phidippides (or Philippides, as used here), this...
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1959
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Released not long before a much more spectacular Cleopatra came along to make Elizabeth Taylor even more famous, this routine...
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1959
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This was ironically the last film made by director Mario Bonnard, and it follows the pattern of the classic Italian costume...
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1959
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Steve Reeves' second (and last) film portrayal of Hercules is, in certain ways, better than his first. The plot this time is...
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1959
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1959
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In this frothy romantic outing, a brainy gal from Texas heads for Italy after winning a television quiz show. There she...
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1959
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A puzzling crime case is methodically worked out to a solution in this excellent suspense drama by director (and lead actor)...
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1959
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The ancient Roman empire is the setting for this sword-and-sandal costume drama about the villainous Princess Amira...
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1958
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Heralding a decade of Italian-made sword-and-sandal films, Hercules -- as it's been known in the United States since its 1959...
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1958
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This German-Italian production was also released as Kanonenseranade and The Muzzle. Vittorio De Sica stars as Ernesto...
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1958
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This engaging slice of neorealism stars Marcello Mastroianni as "Il Medico" (The Doctor) and Vittorio de Sica as "Lo...
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1958
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The grim, drab life of a man who labors in a Po Valley sugar refinery in northern Italy provides the center of this...
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1957
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This war drama is based on actual events from World War II. The Nazis invade the Netherlands and capture an important British...
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1957
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Pietro Germi is both star and director of Il Ferroviere. Germi plays Andrea, a railroad engineer with a large and troublesome...
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1956
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War and Peace is a commendable attempt to boil down Tolstoy's long, difficult novel into 208 minutes' screen time. In...
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1956
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La Grande Strada Azzura was also released as Squarcio, which happens to be the name of the character played by star Yves...
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1956
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In this Biblical epic, a brave Chaldean rebel takes on his evil nemesis, a cruel Assyrian king. En route to his fateful...
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1956
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In this heartwarming drama, the life of an Italian rice farmer involved in an unhappy marriage is chronicled. One day, he...
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1955
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A rich man's attempts to steal away a poor man's wife set the stage for this comic farce, set in Naples in 1860. Luca is a...
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1955
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Despite their questionable behavior during WWII, the Italians were generally cast in a sympathetic light in war films of the...
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1955
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Italian director Pietro Francisci directed this 1954 drama about the fifth-century invasion of Rome by Attila the Hun....
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1954
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This very expensive Italian-made adaptation of Homer's "The Odyssey" stars Kirk Douglas as seafaring hero Ulysses. The story...
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1954
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Unable to find work in Hollywood due to the Blacklist, director Robert Rossen filmed his 1954 production Mambo in Italy....
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1954
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Appointment for Murder is a standard mystery yarn, complicated by the involvement of no fewer than five screenwriters....
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1954
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The English-language title of this Italian WW I drama is Seven of the Big Bear. The title refers to a group of Italian navy...
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1953
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The English title of this Italian melodrama is Ship of Damned Women. After murdering her illegitimate baby, Isabella...
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1953
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Gli Angeli del Quartiere (Angels of the District) concentrates on five lovable Italian war orphans. Living a hand-to-mouth...
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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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1952
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Who better to star in a film titled Vacanze Col Gangster than craggy-faced American movie heavy Marc Lawrence? Imprisoned in...
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1952
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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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1951
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This Italian drama is a wartime version of the old story. Set during WW II, it follows the journeys of a cursed French Jew...
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1948
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