Cesare Zavattini filmography (writer)
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1. I'll Give a Million (1935)
79 min | Comedy, Romance
Gold is a millionaire tired of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. After saving a homeless man's life, he gets hold of his clothes by wandering around town in search of someone who appreciates him for who he really is, not for his money.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Luigi Almirante, Mario Gallina
Votes: 253
2. La danza delle lancette (1936)
80 min | Comedy
Director: Mario Baffico | Stars: Barbara Monis, Marcello Spada, Ugo Ceseri, Luigi Almirante
3. I'll Give a Million (1935)
79 min | Comedy, Romance
Gold is a millionaire tired of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. After saving a homeless man's life, he gets hold of his clothes by wandering around town in search of someone who appreciates him for who he really is, not for his money.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Luigi Almirante, Mario Gallina
Votes: 253
4. Bionda sotto chiave (1939)
74 min | Comedy
A famous American director is looking for a special type of girl he needs to play in his next film.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Vivi Gioi, Giuseppe Porelli, Enrico Viarisio, Laura Solari
5. San Giovanni decollato (1940)
89 min | Comedy
Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio, caretaker and shoemaker devoted to Saint John Beheaded, is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does... See full summary »
Directors: Amleto Palermi, Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Totò, Titina De Filippo, Silvana Jachino, Augusto Di Giovanni
Votes: 218
6. Senza cielo (1940)
88 min
Director: Alfredo Guarini | Stars: Isa Miranda, Fosco Giachetti, Andrea Checchi, Gustav Diessl
7. È caduta una donna (1941)
72 min
Seduced, impregnated and abandoned by her lover, a single mother marries a doctor. At first things go well, but after a while the doctor begins to resent his wife because of her past. ... See full summary »
Director: Alfredo Guarini | Stars: Isa Miranda, Rossano Brazzi, Vittorina Benvenuti, Anita Farra
Votes: 29
8. La scuola dei timidi (1941)
76 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Alberto Rabagliati, Carla Del Poggio, Virgilio Riento, Armando Migliari
9. Doctor, Beware (1941)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Teresa, a young orphan, falls in love with Pietro, a health inspector. She will try to bring order to his reckless life full of debts and lies.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Adriana Benetti, Irasema Dilián, Anna Magnani, Clara Auteri Pepe
Votes: 566
10. Una famiglia impossibile (1940)
75 min | Comedy
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Armando Falconi, Pina Renzi, María Mercader, Clely Fiamma
11. Quarta pagina (1942)
90 min
Director: Nicola Manzari | Stars: Claudio Gora, Valentina Cortese, Paola Barbara, Bella Starace Sainati
Votes: 32
12. There's Room Up Ahead (1942)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Cesare is a ticket collector on a bus who is competing with the driver, Bruno, for the love of Rosella, a naïve waitress who's been mugged on the bus.
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Andrea Checchi, Adriana Benetti, Aldo Fabrizi, Carlo Micheluzzi
Votes: 97
13. C'è sempre un ma! (1943)
83 min | Drama
The two young Carla and Giulia, out of the college, dream of being able to marry with their respective lovers, the first with Carletto, with whom she was engaged as a young girl, and the second with Fabrizio.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Carla Del Poggio, Adriana Benetti, Rubi Dalma, Jone Morino
14. Don Cesare di Bazan (1942)
78 min | Adventure, Comedy
In Barcelona, in 1650, Count Don Cesare di Bazan tries to foil, with the help of an actress, a plot hatched against the king by the French ambassador.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Gino Cervi, Anneliese Uhlig, Enrico Glori, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 70
15. The Bigamist (1942)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A family man travelling for work, Paolo Bianchi, meets on a train a lonely girl, Maria. He sees her again on a bus and she reveals him that she's in troubles: she's pregnant, her baby's ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Gino Cervi, Adriana Benetti, Giuditta Rissone, Carlo Romano
Votes: 526
16. I sette peccati (1942)
85 min
Director: Ladislao Kish | Stars: Maria Denis, Irasema Dilián, Massimo Serato, Maurizio D'Ancora
17. Gian Burrasca (1943)
85 min
Director: Sergio Tofano | Stars: Mimmo Battaglia, Cesco Baseggio, Beatrice Negri, Sergio Tofano
18. Il birichino di papà (1943)
80 min | Comedy
A precocious girl tries to prevent the marriage of her older sister to a womanizer and stirs up trouble in the boarding school she is sent to.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Chiaretta Gelli, Armando Falconi, Dina Galli, Amelia Chellini
Votes: 53
19. I nostri sogni (1943)
83 min | Comedy
A penniless young man who lives by expedients is instructed by his director to accompany the daughter of an accountant of the company he owns. The young man takes the opportunity to pretend... See full summary »
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, María Mercader, Paolo Stoppa, Luigi Almirante
Votes: 82
20. Silenzio, si gira! (1943)
83 min
Director: Carlo Campogalliani | Stars: Beniamino Gigli, Mariella Lotti, Rossano Brazzi, Carlo Campanini
Votes: 10
21. Piruetas juveniles (1944)
93 min
Directors: Giancarlo Cappelli, Salvio Valenti | Stars: Estrella Maris, Roberto Rey, Marta Flores, Annibale Betrone
22. The Children Are Watching Us (1943)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
Four-year-old Pricò becomes the subject of emotional folly by his capricious parents and negligent relatives.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Emilio Cigoli, Luciano De Ambrosis, Isa Pola, Adriano Rimoldi
Votes: 3,049
23. Canto, ma sottovoce... (1946)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Mariella Lotti, Francesco Albanese, Dina Sassoli, Gina Sammarco
Votes: 10
24. La freccia nel fianco (1945)
90 min | Drama
Nicoletta, married to the engineer Barbano, finds love in the form of pianist Bruno Traldi.
Directors: Alberto Lattuada, Mario Costa | Stars: Mariella Lotti, Leonardo Cortese, Roldano Lupi, Alanova
Votes: 38
25. The Gates of Heaven (1945)
88 min | Drama
A group of pilgrims embark on a long train journey to the sanctuary of Loreto, where they hope to receive a miracle.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Marina Berti, Elettra Druscovich, Giuseppe Forcina, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 151
26. L'ippocampo (1945)
70 min
Director: Gian Paolo Rosmino | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Lída Baarová, María Mercader, Enrico Viarisio
27. L'angelo e il diavolo (1946)
88 min | Comedy
An allegorical couple work their competing influences on a man and his wife who they live near. The Devil gets the husband to bet on horses and the wife to become more vain.The Angel tries to restore domestic peace and equilibrium.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Carla Del Poggio, Gino Cervi, Alfredo Varelli, Mario Siletti
28. Biraghin (1946)
Comedy
Birdaghin is a dancer at La Scala in Milan whose rapid success also quickly goes to her head. Fortunately, everything will be fine.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Lilia Silvi, Andrea Checchi, Lauro Gazzolo, Paolo Stoppa
29. Il marito povero (1946)
Director: Gaetano Amata | Stars: Leonardo Cortese, Vivi Gioi, Camillo Pilotto, Paolo Stoppa
30. Roma città libera (1946)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Against the background of Rome freed from Nazi-fascism in 1945, two personal dramas interweave between a young man, reduced to despair by his girlfriend and a still underage girl, who tries to prostitute herself to survive.
Director: Marcello Pagliero | Stars: Valentina Cortese, Andrea Checchi, Nando Bruno, Marisa Merlini
Votes: 195
31. Shoeshine (1946)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Rinaldo Smordoni, Franco Interlenghi, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortensi
Votes: 8,110
32. Il testimone (1946)
98 min | Crime, Drama
A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant will be crucial.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Roldano Lupi, Marina Berti, Ernesto Almirante, Sandro Ruffini
Votes: 254
33. Un giorno nella vita (1946)
95 min | Drama, War
Some Italian partisans want to take refuge in a convent to escape German raids. The nuns are a little perplexed at first but then agree since one of the men is seriously wounded. When the ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Elisa Cegani, Massimo Girotti, Mariella Lotti, Amedeo Nazzari
Votes: 30
34. Tragic Hunt (1947)
89 min | Action, Drama
Immediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural cooperative charged with bringing four million lire into office.
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Vivi Gioi, Andrea Checchi, Carla Del Poggio, Vittorio Duse
Votes: 264
35. Cronaca nera (1947)
90 min | Drama
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Maria Denis, Gino Cervi, Andrea Checchi, Giuseppe Porelli
36. La grande aurora (1947)
90 min | Drama
Director: Giuseppe Maria Scotese | Stars: Renée Faure, Rossano Brazzi, Giovanni Grasso, Michele Riccardini
37. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 175,060 | Gross: $0.33M
39. Unknown Men of San Marino (1948)
85 min | Drama
Among the numerous refugees arriving in San Marino during the Second World War, one day a stranger arrives who seems to have lost his memory. The stranger attracts the inhabitants' sympathy... See full summary »
Director: Michal Waszynski | Stars: Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica, Aurel Milloss, Irena Anders
Votes: 88
40. Il mondo vuole così (1946)
83 min | Comedy
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Clara Calamai, Massimo Serato, Lauro Gazzolo
Votes: 22
41. La roccia incantata (1949)
Director: Giulio Morelli | Stars: Mirko Ellis, Dina Sassoli, Irene Genna, Vira Silenti
42. The Walls of Malapaga (1949)
89 min | Drama, Romance
A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi, Andrea Checchi
Votes: 990
43. Lost in the Dark (1947)
93 min | Drama
Naples of the early twentieth century. A thug keeps a girl completely submissive and, having discovered that she is the daughter of a nobleman, tries to blackmail the father.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Fiorella Betti, Jacqueline Plessis, Enrico Glori
Votes: 9
44. La sposa non può attendere (1949)
76 min | Comedy
During his wedding day, a man, while is driving to the church for the ceremony, saves a woman from a suicide. The woman is pregnant and she's alone; the man carries her to a cloistered ... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Franciolini | Stars: Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida, Odile Versois, Giacomo Furia
Votes: 38
45. Fabiola (1949)
96 min | Drama, History
In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a Gallic gladiator. After Fabiola's father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Michel Simon, Louis Salou
Votes: 253
46. Vent'anni (1949)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Oscar Blando, Liliana Mancini, Francesco Golisano, Titti Brandani
47. Sunday in August (1950)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A variety of different people, both adults, children, families, young lovers and youth gangs, spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia outside Rome.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Anna Baldini, Vera Carmi, Emilio Cigoli, Andrea Compagnoni
Votes: 624
48. It's Forever Springtime (1950)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Beppe Agosti, a Florentine and an orphan boy, is very fond of girls, especially maids.
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Mario Angelotti, Elena Varzi, Donato Donati, Ettore Jannetti
Votes: 110
49. Il cielo è rosso (1950)
99 min | Drama
Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone in the world he meets Tullio, a disbanded boy who lives in a refuge with some girls.
Director: Claudio Gora | Stars: Marina Berti, Jacques Sernas, Mischa Auer Jr., Anna Maria Ferrero
Votes: 42
50. First Communion (1950)
84 min | Comedy
The daughter of Signor Carloni is about to take her first communion. A problem arises when the dressmaker spends too much time working on the girl's communion frock.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Gaby Morlay, Ludmilla Dudarova, Lucien Baroux
Votes: 231
51. Twelve Hours to Live (1950)
81 min | Drama, Fantasy
One inattentive step under the wheels of a bus ended the life and career of a wealthy Roman industrialist Bacca in the prime of life. In the other world, he does not doubt that he is destined for paradise.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Jean Gabin, Elli Parvo, Antonella Lualdi, Paola Borboni
Votes: 85
52. Mamma mia, che impressione! (1951)
75 min | Comedy
Shy, clumsy and petulant, Alberto tries in every way to impress Margherita. With the hope of winning the first prize, he participates in a race.
Director: Roberto Savarese | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Giovanna Pala, Carlo Giustini, Frank Colson
Votes: 146
53. Miracle in Milan (1951)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò
Votes: 8,535
54. Bellissima (1951)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli
Votes: 5,381
55. Hello Elephant (1952)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy
Vittorio De Sica is a teacher struggling to take care of his family and always dreaming that Parliament will increase the salaries for teachers and life will become easier for his wife, ... See full summary »
Directors: Gianni Franciolini, Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Sabu, María Mercader, Nando Bruno
Votes: 88
56. The Lucky Five (1952)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Eduardo De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi, Titina De Filippo, Walter Chiari
Votes: 60
57. The Overcoat (1952)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, THE OVERCOAT is the story of a poor city hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Renato Rascel, Yvonne Sanson, Giulio Stival, Ettore Mattia
Votes: 694
58. Rome 11:00 (1952)
107 min | Drama
Based on an actual incident, this is the story of five girls (told in a slow beginning) who are among the 200 women who answer a want ad for a modest secretarial position one rainy morning ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Carla Del Poggio, Maria Grazia Francia, Lea Padovani
Votes: 854
59. Umberto D. (1952)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Votes: 28,157 | Gross: $0.07M
60. Terminal Station (1953)
Not Rated | 63 min | Drama, Romance
Prior to leaving by train for Paris, a married American woman tries to break off her affair with a young Italian in Rome's Stazione Termini.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Gino Cervi, Richard Beymer
Votes: 3,164
61. Love in the City (1953)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. An investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be. A young unwed mother. Girl-watching techniques of Italian men. A glimpse into prostitution.
Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Cesare Zavattini | Stars: Rita Josa, Rosanna Carta, Enrico Pelliccia, Donatella Marrosu
Votes: 1,462
62. Piovuto dal cielo (1953)
Director: Leonardo De Mitri | Stars: Renato Rascel, Cécile Aubry, Pietro Carloni, Memmo Carotenuto
63. La passeggiata (1953)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way of living but she is very hard to ... See full summary »
Director: Renato Rascel | Stars: Renato Rascel, Valentina Cortese, Paolo Stoppa, Giuseppe De Martino
Votes: 43
64. A Husband for Anna (1953)
95 min | Drama
Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Silvana Pampanini, Amedeo Nazzari, Massimo Girotti, Umberto Spadaro
Votes: 148
65. We, the Women (1953)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.
Directors: Gianni Franciolini, Alfredo Guarini, Roberto Rossellini, Luchino Visconti, Luigi Zampa | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Isa Miranda, Alida Valli
Votes: 489
66. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Rich oriental lord Cassim's cheeky servant Ali Baba was sent to buy a meaty girl-slave, but brings dancer Morgiane, whom he is enamored with. When he's part of a caravan robbed by Abdel's ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Fernandel, Samia Gamal, Dieter Borsche, Henri Vilbert
Votes: 1,381
67. Angels of Darkness (1954)
94 min | Drama
Tamara, a Roman prostitute, tries to kill herself throwing herself out of the window of the licensed brothel she works in. While she is being taken to hospital the other girls learn that, ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Amato | Stars: Linda Darnell, Valentina Cortese, Lea Padovani, Giulietta Masina
Votes: 195
68. The Gold of Naples (1954)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama
A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Totò, Lianella Carell, Pasquale Cennamo, Agostino Salvietti
Votes: 2,044
69. The Sign of Venus (1955)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Agnese has many men who woo her and lives with her cousin Cesira Franca Valeri, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Sophia Loren, Franca Valeri, Vittorio De Sica, Raf Vallone
Votes: 1,627
70. The Awakening (1956)
97 min | Drama
A Roman nun who was a missionary in Africa for 20 years is sent to a convent near Naples where she grows very fond of a boy whose father has died. The child's mother is about to leave him ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Antonio Cifariello, Bruna Cealti
Votes: 84
71. The Roof (1956)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
A married couple learns that it is possible to build an illegal house in the outskirts of Rome, as long as it is erected in one single night and has a roof.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Gabriella Pallotta, Giorgio Listuzzi, Gastone Renzelli, Angelo Bigioni
Votes: 1,379
72. Era di venerdì 17 (1956)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
The Provence, somewhere in the 1950's. Paul Verdier, traveling salesman, leaves his home and his quarrelsome wife for his weekly round. On the train he meets a young woman, Marie, who looks... See full summary »
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Fernandel, Giulia Rubini, Fosco Giachetti, Leda Gloria
Votes: 127
73. Men and Wolves (1957)
94 min | Drama
Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.
Directors: Giuseppe De Santis, Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Yves Montand, Pedro Armendáriz, Irene Cefaro
Votes: 167
74. The Doll That Took the Town (1957)
90 min | Drama
A struggling model concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the police eventually arrest three suspects.
Director: Francesco Maselli | Stars: Virna Lisi, Haya Harareet, Elisa Cegani, Vittorio Sanipoli
Votes: 59
75. Amore e chiacchiere (Salviamo il panorama) (1958)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
An industrialist tries to corrupt the deputy mayor by exploiting his oratory vanity, to prevent the panoramic view of his villa from being disfigured by a hospice.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Gino Cervi, Carla Gravina, Geronimo Meynier
Votes: 134
76. Nel blu dipinto di blu (1961)
103 min | Comedy
Turi, a young Sicilian, makes ends meet by doing some occasional work and singing in taverns in a popular district of Rome.
Director: Piero Tellini | Stars: Domenico Modugno, Giovanna Ralli, Ida Galli, Elisabetta Velinska
Votes: 70
77. Atomic War Bride (1960)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
At a church in the country, eternally optimistic John marries Maria, his Atomic War Bride, as a war starts, planes buzz overhead and bombs start dropping. Though John is "mobilized" by the ... See full summary »
Director: Veljko Bulajic | Stars: Antun Vrdoljak, Ewa Krzyzewska, Ljubisa Jovanovic, Janez Vrhovec
Votes: 256
78. Lipstick (1960)
89 min | Crime, Drama
Twelve-year-old Silvana De Carli falls in love with 30-year-old Gino.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Pierre Brice, Giorgia Moll, Pietro Germi, Bella Darvi
Votes: 318
79. Two Women (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, War
In WWII Italy, a widow and her lonely daughter seek distance between themselves and the horrors of war.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone, Eleonora Brown
Votes: 12,418
80. The Last Judgment (1961)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack there of) to the announcement.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Elli Davis, Fernandel, Georges Rivière
Votes: 767
81. Blood Feud (1961)
87 min | Drama
An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs money.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Belinda Lee, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni, Alberto Lupo
Votes: 43
82. Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Unrated | 205 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.
Directors: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, Marisa Solinas
Votes: 5,043
83. The Condemned of Altona (1962)
114 min | Drama, History
A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on 20 years after the fact.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March, Robert Wagner
Votes: 651 | Gross: $2.40M
84. Arturo's Island (1962)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
First love experience of a teenage boy living on an isolated island.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Vanni De Maigret, Key Meersman, Reginald Kernan, Gabriella Giorgelli
Votes: 283
85. El joven rebelde (1961)
82 min | Drama
Director: Julio García Espinosa | Stars: Blas Mora, Wember Bros, José Yedra, Carlos Sessano
Votes: 16
86. The Boom (1963)
88 min | Comedy
During the economic boom of Italy a man tries desperately to maintain a high standard of living for his family.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Gianna Maria Canale, Elena Nicolai, Ettore Geri
Votes: 1,337 | Gross: $0.06M
87. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
Stories about three very different women and the men they attract.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti
Votes: 10,109
88. Countersex (1964)
111 min | Comedy
A vivid assortment consisted of three acts taken from the lives of modern 1960s Italians, always in orbit around the restless theme of sexual inhibition and the pursuit of pleasure in sex.
Directors: Renato Castellani, Marco Ferreri, Franco Rossi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Anna Maria Ferrero, Ugo Tognazzi, Dolores Wettach
Votes: 226
89. After the Fox (1966)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam
Votes: 4,766
90. Andremo in città (1966)
102 min | Drama, Romance, War
Director: Nelo Risi | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Nino Castelnuovo, Federico Scrobogna, Stefania Careddu
Votes: 104
91. A New World (1966)
83 min | Drama
Carlo and Anne meet in Paris and fall in love. She becomes pregnant, but he is resistant to fatherhood.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Christine Delaroche, Nino Castelnuovo, Madeleine Robinson, Pierre Brasseur
Votes: 137
92. The Witches (1967)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Annie Girardot, Francisco Rabal, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 1,973
93. Woman Times Seven (1967)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Seven portraits of different types of women.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Elspeth March, Rossano Brazzi
Votes: 1,986
94. A Place for Lovers (1968)
R | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Julia, a fashion designer harboring a secret, spends ten days of passion in the Alps with Valerio, a race car driver, in what will be their last vacation together.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Faye Dunaway, Enrico Simonetti, Karin Eugh
Votes: 876
95. Caprice Italian Style (1968)
95 min | Comedy
The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Steno, Pino Zac, Franco Rossi | Stars: Totò, Ugo D'Alessio, Regina Seiffert, Dante Maggio
Votes: 632
96. The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968)
105 min | Drama
The true story of seven Italian brothers, farmers and Catholic, who became Communist and fought for justice and freedom against Fascism. Shot in December 1943 in Reggio Emilia, they are the... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Puccini | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Lisa Gastoni, Carla Gravina, Riccardo Cucciolla
Votes: 172
97. Sunflower (1970)
G | 107 min | Drama, War
An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia during WWII.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Saveleva, Galina Andreeva
Votes: 4,486
98. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
R | 94 min | Drama, History, War
The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, Fabio Testi
Votes: 7,666 | Gross: $0.60M
99. We'll Call Him Andrea (1972)
102 min | Comedy
Paolo and Maria are two primary school teachers and they love each other, but cannot have a child.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Mariangela Melato, Anna Maria Aragona, Giulio Baraghini
Votes: 185
100. A Brief Vacation (1973)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Clara, diagnosed with tuberculosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Daniel Quenaud, José María Prada
Votes: 977 | Gross: $0.66M
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