Antonio Nicotra

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Cuore di mamma
6

Cuore di mamma

Sep 24, 1954
An unworthy nephew, with the help of a girl who seduces the young guardian, robs the aunt of the family jewels. He also manages to put the blame for the theft on the caretaker, engaged to a young woman who is actually the woman's natural daughter. The thief also tries to blackmail his aunt by threatening to reveal the truth after so many years, but a commissioner manages to prove the innocence of the suspect and the guilt of his nephew.
Drama
Cronaca di un delitto
1

Cronaca di un delitto

Jun 29, 1953
After a factory worker is killed, Sergio Bruni is placed on remand for two years before being released for lack of evidence. Shunned by his wife and his colleagues, he must now discover the true culprit.
Thriller
Cento anni d'amore
7

Cento anni d'amore

Feb 25, 1954
Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.
Comedy
Accadde al commissariato
6.5
Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.
Comedy
Sambo
1

Sambo

Dec 31, 1950
A fallen nobleman convinces a Roman coachman that he has found the way to win at Sambo, a Brazilian game of chance. Sent a messenger to Brazil to gamble, the two men go wild and run up debts. When they realize they have won nothing, they initially fall into total despair; however the coachman had played a coupon from the football pools on his own account. He will win and make things right.
Comedy
Buongiorno, elefante!
5.7

Buongiorno, elefante!

Feb 23, 1952
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, Maria Mereander, and kids. An Indian prince (Sabu) visits Italy, is assisted by the teacher and gives De Sica a baby elephant as a reward. This upsets the landlord, Nando Bruno, the other tenants, and the neighborhood. He takes the elephant away but, like Lassie, it comes home.
Comedy
La Traite des Blanches
6.7
A police officer meets a girl who is near to falling into the net of shady individuals. To prevent this, he invites her into the police station and tells her a story.
Drama
La trovatella di Pompei
1
Maria, is a girl raised by the loving care of a poor couple but without knowing anything about her real parents. She is in love with Giorgio, a boy from a good family, who however has also aroused the interest of the intriguing Edvige who frequents bad company including jealous Roberto.
Drama
Sciuscià
7.8

Sciuscià

Apr 27, 1946
L'action se situe à Rome en 1945. La guerre est finie. Deux enfants défavorisés, Giuseppe et Pascuale, se livrent au marché noir afin de réaliser leur rêve : acheter un cheval. Ils sont arrêtés et envoyés dans une prison pour mineurs où règnent violence et cruauté. Pour épargner le châtiment corporel à son ami, Pasquale, le plus âgé, avoue sa culpabilité mais Giuseppe perçoit l'acte comme une trahison...
Drama
Ergastolo
1

Ergastolo

May 18, 1952
Rosa Lulli, has an illegitimate 20-year-old son, named Stefano, who lives with her in the house of Professor Arlotta. Stefano is in love with Lydia, the granddaughter of the professor. The couple has a gambling addiction: the need to obtain a large sum to meet gambling debts, which pushes him to accept the loving invitation of Jeannette, owner of a dance school, where Stefano goes to play.
Drama
Le Moraliste
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Le Moraliste

Jun 30, 1959
Agostino est secrétaire de l'Office International de la Moralité. Austère et particulièrement sévère, il se distingue publiquement par sa rigueur implacable en matière de censure de l'affichage cinématographique et dans la levée des sanctions à l'égard des boîtes de nuit. En réalité, c'est aussi un fournisseur privé de belles-de-nuit pour les plus florissants cabarets de Rome.
Comedy
Persiane chiuse
6

Persiane chiuse

Mar 08, 1951
Sandra searches her missing sister. For this, she enters the morally degraded seaside of Genoa.
Drama
Questa è la vita
6.4

Questa è la vita

Feb 03, 1954
A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan; Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for casting spells; the discomfort of an overtight jacket gives a wedding witness the strength to persuade the bridegroom's reluctant parents to bless his union.
Comedy