Survey of the history of Italian cinema, featuring clips from such classics as "Open City," "8-1/2," and "Seven Beauties,"...
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1986
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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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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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Don Vincenzo
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1966
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Originally Uccellacci e Uccellini, The Hawks and the Sparrows was adapted by director Pier Paolo Pasolini from his own...
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Innocenti Toto/Brother Ciccillo
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1966
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1965
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A husband desperate for an heir, will do anything to produce one in this Italian drama, adapted from the long-banned...
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Fra' Timoteo
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1965
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1965
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1965
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1964
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1963
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1963
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1963
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After a colonel retires, his wife locates a job for him to relieve him of his boredom. ~ Rovi...
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1963
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In this Italian WW II comedy, an Italian colonel leads the invasion of Montegreco, a small town on the Greek-Albanian...
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Col. Di Maggio
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1961
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1961
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In this drama, a woman marries a lawyer who is endeavoring to do all he can to stay on the good side of his wealthy aunts so...
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1961
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Also known as The Passionate Thief, this fast-paced crime comedy stars Anna Magnani as the fly in the ointment for a pair of...
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1960
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1960
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Several top Italian stars, including Toto as a shopkeeper and Also Fabrizi as a tax collector, are featured in this...
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1959
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1959
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In this Italian sci-fi comedy, Toto is not a little dog, but an enormously popular comedian. The story centers on him as he...
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1958
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Fernandel plays a French customs sergeant who conducts an ongoing war of nerves with Italian smuggler Toto on the...
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Giuseppe la Paglia
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1958
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1958
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1958
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1958
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1958
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1958
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If Hollywood could put the names of Abbott and Costello in the titles of the team's pictures, why couldn't Italy honor its...
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1957
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1956
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1956
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1956
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1955
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1955
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The Husband
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1954
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1954
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This Italian anthology is comprised of five separate episodes. In the first tale, two impoverished parents must leave their...
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1954
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Aldo Fabrizi is both director and co-star of the Italian Una di Quelle (One of Those). Basically, however, the film is a...
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Rocco
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1953
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1952
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The English-language title of Toto a Colori is Toto in Color -- and it delivers on this promise. For the first time in his...
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Antonio Scannagatti
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1952
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1952
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1950
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1950
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Toto, the brilliant Italian comic actor, frequently appeared in parodies of previous movie hits. Toto le Moko is a lampoon of...
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1949
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Italian film comedian Toto was usually better than his material. L'Imperator di Capri is one of a handful of films that is...
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1949
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It is hardly necessary to note that the star of Totò cerca casa is popular Italian farceur Toto. Nor does it require a PhD to...
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1949
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1948
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