Mario SoldatiFilmography

Policarpo

Crew: Director

Actors: Renato Rascel, Peppino De Filippo, Renato Salvatori, Carla Gravina, Luigi de Filippo

Synopsis: Even though this period drama is leisurely to especially slow in parts, it tells an entertaining story about Policarpo (Renato Rascel), a sincere and honest, low-level clerk in the government bureaucracy. Policarpo, dissatisfied with his salary, is moving through the labyrinth of paperwork Read More

Italia Piccola

Crew: Director

Of Life and Love

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This Italian drama is a four episode anthology based on the stories of Pirandello. The episodes were compiled from two Italian episodic films from the mid 1950s. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Sous Le Ciel De Provence

Crew: Director

Actors: Fernandel, Andrex, Suzet Mais, Giulia Rubini

Synopsis: France's Fernandel and Italy's Alberto Sordi provide an abundance of laughs in Sous le Ciel de Provence (Under Skies of Provence). Fernandal plays a travelling salesman who makes the mistake of his life when he offers to help his fellow bus passenger, a very pretty and very pregnant young lady Read More

The Wayward Wife

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this drama, a young woman with a checkered past reforms and marries a good man. Unfortunately, her happiness is threatened by a blackmailer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

La Donna del Fiume

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Sophia Loren, Rik Battaglia, Gérard Oury, Enrico Olivieri

Synopsis: Sophia Loren was still in the "Anna Magnani" phase of her career when she starred in La Donna del Flume (The River Girl). Sophia is cast as Nives, the girlfriend of capricious cigarette smuggler Gino Lodi (Rik Battaglia). When Gino deserts her, the impregnated Nives is soured on all men, including Read More

The Stranger's Hand

Crew: Director

Actors: Trevor Howard, Alida Valli, Richard Basehart, Eduardo Ciannelli, Richard O'Sullivan

Synopsis: This mystery is adapted from a Graham Greene novel and begins as a British spy arranges a meeting with his son, whom he hasn't seen in four years. They are to meet in Venice, but unfortunately, the spy is unable to make the appointment. The boy then gets a mysterious call from his father breaking Read More

La Provinciale

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Gina Lollobrigida, Franco Interlenghi, Renato Baldini

Synopsis: The ever-growing popularity of Gina Lollobrigida was a decided box-office asset when the Italian La Provinciale was distributed to the U.S. as The Wayward Wife. Lollobrigida acquits herself quite nicely in the tensely dramatic role of a much-put-upon small-town girl named Cemma. Seduced by a lad Read More

Jolanda la Figlia Del Corsaro Nero

Crew: Director

O.K. Nerone

Crew: Director

Actors: Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini, Carlo Campanini, Gino Cervi

Synopsis: OK Nerone stars Italian film favorites Walter Chiari and Cario Capanine as a pair of fun-loving American sailors. While on a sightseeing tour of Rome, the two tars imagine themselves back to the days of Emperor Nero (Gino Cervi). The rest of the film is in the fine tradition of such Eddie Cantor Read More

Le Chevalier Sans Loi

Crew: Director

Actors: Raf Vallone, Mich_le Philippe, Silvana Pampanini, Roland Armontel

Je Suis de la Revue

Crew: Director

Actors: Fernandel, Suzy Delair, Louis Armstrong, Katherine Dunham

Synopsis: Two Italian films directed by Mario Soldati were released in Europe within two days of each other. The first was the lighthearted musical comedy Je Suis de la Revue. The vivacious Suzy Delair, more or less playing herself, stars as a popular actress making a personal appearance in Rome. The Read More

Donne e Briganti

Crew: Director

Actors: Amedeo Nazzari, Maria Mauban, Jean Chevrier, Jacqueline Pierreux, Nando Bruno

Synopsis: Donne e Briganti (Women and Bandits) was the second of two Mario Soldati-directed films released in Europe during the last week of June, 1951 (the first was Je Suis de la Revue). Set in the early 19th century, the film recounts the Robin Hood-like adventures of bandit Michele Pezza (Amedeo Read More

Quel Bandito Sono Io

Crew: Director

Actors: Jean Kent, Robert Beatty, Margaret Rutherford, Rona Anderson

Synopsis: Based on a play by Pepine de Felipe, Her Favorite Husband is a British comedy set in Italy. Housewife Jean Kent is bemused by her husband Robert Beatty, who is not quite himself these days. In truth, he is not himself at all: Jean's husband has been replaced by a lookalike gangster who is plotting Read More

Botta E Risposta

Crew: Director

Actors: Suzy Delair

Synopsis: Botta e Rispota is Tales of Manhattan, Italian style. A modish dress gets lost while being shipped from Paris to Rome. This single incident unifies a series of specialty turns by a variety of the top acting and musical talent in the Free World. Fernandel, Nino Taranto, Isa Barzizza and Suzy Delair Read More

Fra Diavolo

Crew: Director

Actors: Amedeo Nazzari, Maria Mauban, Jean Chevrier, Nando Bruno

Fuga in Francia

Crew: Director

Actors: Folco Lulli, Pietro Germi

Synopsis: Produced in 1945, Fuga in Francia was first released outside of Italy in 1949. Folco Lulli essays the difficult role of a war criminal who escapes prosecution by hiding out in France. Though there is nothing inherently likeable about his character, the Lulli manages to stir up a reasonable amount Read More

Daniele Cortis

Crew: Director

Mio Figlio Professore

Actors: Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Soldati, Giorgio de Lullo, Mario Pisu

Synopsis: Aldo Fabrizi is the star of -- and, artistically, the raison d'etre for -- the Italian Professor, My Son. Fabrizi plays Orazio, a humble porter working in a prestigious school. Orazio labors tirelessly day and night so that his son (Giorgio de Lullo) can attend the school. Once the son has Read More

Eugenie Grandet

Crew: Director

Actors: Alida Valli, Gualtiero Tumiati, Giorgio de Lullo, Giuditta Rissone

Synopsis: Adapted to the stage and screen several times since its inception in the 19th century, Honore de Balzac's romantic tragedy Eugenie Grandet was given another cinematic go-round by Italian filmmaker Mario Soldati in 1946. Alida Valli plays the title character, a naïve young woman who refuses to heed Read More

Le Miserie Del Signor Travet

Crew: Director

Actors: Carlo Campanini, Vera Carmi, Gino Cervi

Synopsis: His Young Wife is a genteel Italian comedy about the pitfalls of romance. Middle-aged clerk Travet (Carlo Campanini) is the husband of young and very pretty Rosa (Vera Carmi). When Rosa begins a harmless flirtation with Travet's boss (Gino Cervi), rumors begin flying. The upshot of this tempest in Read More

Malombra

Crew: Director

Piccolo Mondo Antico

Crew: Director

L'Orologio a Cucu

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Vittorio De Sica, Guglielmo Sinaz, Lamberto Picasso

Synopsis: The Italian historical melodrama The Cuckoo Clock was acquired for US distribution by MGM-who promptly shelved the film for several months in reflection of mounting anti-Mussolini sentiments in the US. Vittorio De Sica heads the cast of this complex mystery, in which a huge, American-manufactured Read More

La Signora di Montecarlo

Crew: Director

Actors: Jules Berry, Dita Parlo, Fosco Giachetti

Synopsis: Two powerhouse European talents -- Jules Berry and Dita Parlo -- head the cast of La Signora di Montecarlo. Berry plays a thief working the gambling houses of Monte Carlo, with Parlo acting as his accomplice. Hoping to go straight, Parlo gets the opportunity when she renews her acquaintance with Read More

Voglio Vivere Con Letizia

Crew: Dialogue Writer, Screenwriter

Actors: Umberto Melnati, Gino Cervi, Assia Noris

Synopsis: Released in English-speaking countries as I Want to Live With Joy, this Italian comedy can truly be labelled "A Camillo Mastrocinque Film": Mastrocinque not only directed the picture, but co-wrote the script and designed the sets as well. The hero (Gino Cervi) is a wealthy young sprout who is Read More

Stanotte All Undici

Crew: Dialogue Writer

Synopsis: American leading man (and future Connecticut governor and U.S. ambassador) John Lodge stars in the Italian Stanotte all Undici. Lodge plays a suspected criminal who falls in love with the bored wife of a pompous diplomat. As it turns out, our hero is merely a reporter posing as a criminal, making Read More

Il Cappello A Tre Punte

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Leda Gloria, Peppino De Filippo, Eduardo de Filippo, Dina Perbellini, Enrico Viarisio

Synopsis: Also known as Three-Cornered Hat, this Italian comedy is based on a Spanish folk tale, which had previously been adapted as a ballet by Manuel de Filla. Director Mario Camerini and his team of screenwriters have refashioned the material as a vehicle for the popular De Filipo brothers Read More

Acciaio

Crew: Screenwriter