In back-to-back stories that are unrelated to each other except through a few shared stabs at sexual and social morés,...
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Grandfather
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1982
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In a series of vignettes that serve as a sequel to Amici Miei, director Mario Monicelli brings back several of his stars from...
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1982
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The absurdist comedy of Maruizio Nichetti dominates this fluffy story about "moon men" who interfere with television...
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Her father
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1982
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The real Marquis of Grillo lived in the early 18th century, but, for this take-off on the marquis' life, director...
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Pope Pius VII
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1981
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Nothing in his background has given Saso Iovine (Nino Manfredi) any preparation for the sticky situations he encounters when...
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Don Michele Miletti
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1978
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Grandfather
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1977
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Les Charlots romp onto the screen again in this French comedy, which has the comic musicians serving as soldiers who actively...
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Colonel
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1974
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Peter McEnery stars as Col. Etienne Girard, Hussar officer of the Napoleonic era. The story takes place during the Little...
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1970
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When Catherine Spaak's husband dies, she discovers a hitherto hidden room on their estate. The room is surrounded by mirrors...
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1968
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In Sergio Leone's epic Western, shot partly in Monument Valley, a revenge story becomes an epic contemplation of the Western...
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1968
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The literal translation of this Italian title is "He's My Husband, I'll Kill Him When I Please." A young woman is married to...
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1968
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Polio
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1966
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Following up 1964's Academy Award nominated L'Homme de Rio, French filmmaker Philippe de Broca wrote and directed this...
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1965
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A high-class costume drama with a substantive historical basis, Becket is the true story of the friendship between King Henry...
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1964
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Friedrich Durrenmatt's misanthropic theatrical piece The Visit has never been totally successful in any production, not even...
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Doctor
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1964
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By 1964, it was possible for a major studio to make a film touching upon the Spanish Civil War without having to answer to...
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Pedro
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1964
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Don Calogero Sedara
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1963
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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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1962
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Robert Rossellini's Vanina Vanini was released in many US markets as The Betrayer. Based on a Stendhal novel, the film is set...
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Prince Vanini
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1961
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La Menace is not the most suspenseful or convincing crime drama, though its story has potential. Josepha (Marie-Jose Nat) is...
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Cousin
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1961
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The 1800s sees the emergence of a hero-statesman Italian who works to unify his country. ~ Rovi...
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1961
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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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1961
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An uneven mix of right-on situations and two-dimensional characters or worse, La Giornata Balorda is all the more interesting...
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1961
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Luchino Visconti's operatic masterpiece tells the story of the Parondis, a poor family from a village in southern Italy who...
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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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Jules Dassin, blacklisted during the McCarthy era, directs this routine, ostensibly romantic tale that really courts an...
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1959
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Spain's contribution to the 1958 Brussels Film Festival was Los Jueves Milagro (Miracles of Thursday). The story is faintly...
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1958
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1957
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An old French count who keeps an index of all his past loves is surprised one day by a young woman who claims to be his...
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1956
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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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Gardunia
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1955
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1955
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Antonio
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1954
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1954
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Told in pageantlike fashion, Casa Ricordi is the story of the Ricordi family, the most prestigious music publishers in all...
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1954
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Carosello Napoletano was the first major Italian musical of the postwar era. The title, which translates to...
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Salvatore Esposito
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1954
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1954
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1954
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1954
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1954
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1954
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This film is comprised of three vignettes focusing upon women and war. The first episode, set in WW II, chronicles the sad...
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1954
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Lantern-jawed French comedian Fernandel plays a dual role in Most Wanted Man. He stars as an ordinary Joe (or ordinary...
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1953
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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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1953
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The life of composer Giacomo Puccini is dramatized in this attractively produced biopic. Gabriele Ferzetti plays the title...
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Friend
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1953
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For the benefit of those unfamiliar with Italian law, "Article 519" covers sexual assault crimes. When Renato (Henri Vidal)...
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Lawyer
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1953
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La Voca del Silenzio (Voice of Silence) was the only Italian production of fabled German director G. W. Pabst. Based on a...
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1953
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1953
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Based on a Time Magazine article by William Rospigliosi, Ring Around the Clock effectively combines neorealism with humor....
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1953
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1953
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Director René Clair insisted that his 1952 production Beauties of the Night (Les Belles du Nuit) was intended as a comic...
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1952
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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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Agusto
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1952
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M. Alvaro
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1952
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La Cap De L'Esperance (The Cape of Hope) takes place in the criminal demi-monde of a French portside community. Faded beauty...
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Simon
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1951
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This episodic Italian comedy follows the misadventures of housemaid Maria (Elsa Merlini). Her various employers include a...
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1951
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Bad Rappi
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1951
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1951
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The title of this Italian wartime drama translates to Without a Flag. Set during WW I, the story concentrates on a group of...
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1951
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Maria Montez made her final screen appearance in the Italian-American co-production Thief of Venice. Montez is cast as Tina,...
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1950
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1950
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La Beaute du Diable came into being when French filmmaker Rene Clair became fascinated with a structural defect in the...
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1950
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Few Italian filmmakers turned out lavish costume dramas with as much panache as Riccardo Freda. In Il Figlio D'Artagnan,...
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1950
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The exclamatory title of this Italian drama translates as What Queer Times! The plotline concerns a miser, and the effect his...
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1948
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1948
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Originally Pazzi di Giola, this romantic comedy was written by Vittorio De Sica, who also plays the leading role of Count...
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1947
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Before turning to horror pictures, Italian filmmaker Riccardo Freda directed some of the finest costume epics of the postwar...
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1946
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Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (Adio, Mia Bella Napoli) was the first postwar effort by director Mario Bonnard, whose career...
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Michael
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1946
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1943
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1943
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1942
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This filmed biography of 19th century composer Giacchino Rossini was originally released in Italy in 1940. Nino Besozzi stars...
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1942
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1942
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1941
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Set in 13th-century Italy, The Iron Crown is the story of the rise and fall of a corrupt monarch. By defying the crown, a...
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1941
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1940
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In this swashbuckling period-piece, Gino Cervi portrays the title character, a masked knight who helps both peasants and...
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1940
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This Italian murder mystery is set against the backdrop of an exclusive girl's school. A much-hated teacher is killed, and...
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1936
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